IPI joins over 40 rights groups in condemning Brazil’s prosecution of Greenwald January 24, 2020 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined nearly four dozen other press freedom and civil liberties organizations in an open letter condemning Brazil’s decision to charge U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald in response to his reporting with The Intercept Brasil. IPI separately called […] Read more » TaggedBolsonaro Brazil charges cybercrimes Greenwald journalist press freedom
IPI supports call for investigation into hacking of Jeff Bezos’s phone January 22, 2020 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today supported the call by two U.N. special rapporteurs for an investigation into the hacking of The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos by the Saudi government. According to media reports, Bezos’s phone was hacked in 2018 by deploying spyware in a […] Read more » TaggedAmazon crown prince Jeff Bezos Khashoggi phone Saudi Arabia Washington Post
Ghana must expedite investigation into journalist’s killing January 15, 2020 Minna Heikura, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Journalism Fellow at IPI | Leave a Comment One year after the killing of Ghana journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, expressed deep concern over the lack of progress in the murder investigation. Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist working for the organization Tiger Eye, was shot dead on […] Read more »
Fidel Ávila Gómez, Mexico Fidel Ávila Gómez, 42, a host and manager of the radio station La Ke Buena, in Huetamo in Mexico’s Michoacan state, was found dead on January 9, with bullet wounds. The journalist had been kidnapped by some armed men on November 29, 2019 while he was on his way to cover an event in in the city of […] Read more »
11 years later: Sri Lanka fails to investigate journalist murder January 8, 2020 Minna Heikura, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Journalism Fellow at IPI | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today renewed its call on the government of Sri Lanka to investigate the murder of IPI World Press Freedom Hero and former Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and bring those responsible to justice. Wickrematunge was killed near […] Read more »
Disappearances and detentions continue in another dark year for Egyptian journalists December 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the continued disappearances and arbitrary detention of journalists in Egypt and called on authorities to immediately release all those swept up in a recent crackdown. The last three months have seen the biggest wave of […] Read more »
Nigeria must amend vague ‘hate speech’ bill December 11, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, joined its Nigerian National Committee in expressing concern over two cybercrime bills being considered in Nigeria targeting vague concepts of “hate speech”, “fake news” and misinformation. The first bill, the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate […] Read more »
Albania urged to reject draconian new media laws December 10, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, joined seven other international media freedom organizations in calling the Parliament of Albania to reject a so-called “defamation package” of media laws that would empower the authorities to shut down online media without judicial oversight. The full letter, […] Read more »
IPI executive board condemns death threats to Dawn editor and CEO in Pakistan December 5, 2019 | Leave a Comment The undersigned members of the global Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) are appalled by death threats made against fellow IPI Executive Board member and Dawn editor Zaffar Abbas as well as Dawn CEO Hamid Haroon during demonstrations outside the offices of Dawn in Pakistan. On December 3 protestors laid siege to Dawn’s […] Read more »
Troubled transition: cracks appear in Ethiopia’s media reform project December 4, 2019 IPI Contributor Jamie Wiseman | Leave a Comment In October, Ethiopia’s 43-year-old reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, made international headlines by becoming the first African statesman in over a decade to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Along with his critical role in building long-term peace and international cooperation in the Horn of Africa, the Nobel Committee also recognized the young leader’s remarkable success […] Read more »
IPI welcomes EU Commissioner Jourova’s commitment to defending media freedom December 3, 2019 | Leave a Comment The new European commissioner for values and transparency, Věra Jourová, assured the International Press Institute (IPI) in a meeting in November that the European Commission will do its utmost to ensure the protection of media freedom and media pluralism in the EU. Jourová told an IPI delegation, led by IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi, that […] Read more »
“Radio Silence” and IPI at THW film festival (Vienna, Dec. 10, 2019) To mark International Human Rights Day, IPI will co-host the Austrian premiere of Juliana Fanjul’s documentary Radio Silence on Dec. 10 at 20:15 at Vienna’s Topkino. IPI is partnering with This Human World (THW) film festival for the fifth consecutive year. Synopsis: After revealing a corruption case within the Mexican government, the well-known journalist Carmen Aristegui gets fired from the popular radio […] Read more »
Groups launch Turkey press freedom mission report November 18, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI) highlighted the continued jailing of over 120 journalists in Turkey as a deep stain on the country’s human rights record at the launch of a joint report by eight international press freedom and journalism organizations on the status of press freedom in the country. The IPI Weekly Digest Subscribe for […] Read more »
Turkey’s Journalists in the Dock (Brussels, Nov 18, 2019) • Still over 120 journalists in jail in Turkey • Over 100 terror-related investigations opened since Turkey’s incursion into Syria • Fair trial principles routinely breached • New efforts to stifle online media • Is the judicial reform strategy a sham or an opportunity? • How should the EU respond? The International Press Institute (IPI) […] Read more »
Mass journalist arrests in Uganda highlight long-term crackdown on press freedom November 7, 2019 IPI Contributor Jamie Wiseman | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed serious concern at the recent mass arrests, assaults and use of teargas against journalists peacefully protesting recent police brutality in Uganda. On Monday, November 4, over twenty journalists from different media unions and organisations were detained […] Read more »
Mexican government declines to recognize freedom of expression crisis November 7, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI) this week took part in an international press freedom mission to Mexico, where verbal attacks on the press by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have added a new dimension to a country mired in a crisis of journalist safety and impunity. At a press conference on November 6 in Mexico City, the […] Read more »
Impunity: Democracies around the world failing to protect journalists October 31, 2019 | Leave a Comment Democracies around the world are failing to protect journalists and investigate killings and crimes against them, the International Press Institute (IPI) said to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2. According to the Vienna-based IPI’s Death Watch, as many as 40 journalists lost their lives over the last year. […] Read more » Taggedimpunity journalist murder press freedom
Turkey: Coalition intervenes at ECtHR to support Kurdish journalist’s case October 25, 2019 | Leave a Comment A coalition of 10 international press freedom and journalism organizations including the International Press Institute (IPI) has intervened at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in support of a case brought by İdris Sayılğan, a Turkish-Kurdish journalist jailed since 2016 on baseless anti-terror charges. The intervention focuses on the crucial question of domestic remedy, which […] Read more » TaggedECtHR Idris Sayilgan jail Kurdish press freedom prison
IPI urges lifting of ban on websites in Palestine October 23, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the blocking of 59 websites, including news portals, by a court of the Palestinian Authority and called for the restrictions to be lifted immediately. Last week a court in Ramallah ordered the blocking of websites […] Read more »
At least 57 journalists behind bars in Egypt, IPI research shows October 23, 2019 | Leave a Comment Egypt must release the at least 57 journalists currently behind bars in the country, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, said today. IPI’s #PressEgypt campaign lists nearly four dozen reporters and editors currently jailed in Egypt. The majority are accused of terrorism-related crimes, […] Read more » TaggedEgypt jail journalist press freedom prison reporter
Egypt jails and reportedly tortures journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah October 21, 2019 IPI Contributor Jamie Wiseman | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arbitrary jailing and reported torture of Egyptian journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah. On October 12, Abdel Fattah was detained in Giza by plainclothes security forces, who blindfolded her and took her to an unidentified location […] Read more » Taggedarrest Egypt Esraa Abdel Fattah journalist torture
IPI joins international call for release of Turkish journalists Altan, Ilıcak October 18, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 21 other human rights and freedom of expression organizations in calling on Turkish authorities to release detained Turkish journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak as well as four additional journalists, writers and media workers on trial in the same case. The IPI Weekly Digest Subscribe for press freedom news […] Read more » TaggedAltan jail journalist Turkey
Two years later: Impunity for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder must end October 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined a coalition of 12 free expression, anti-corruption, and journalists’ organizations in calling for an end to impunity in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The groups released the call on the second anniversary […] Read more »
Saudi Arabia must adopt transparent investigation in Khashoggi murder October 2, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, has urged Saudi Arabia to replace an ongoing trial into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with transparent proceedings defined by international input, support and oversight. In a letter to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud making the […] Read more » Taggedimpunity journalist Khashoggi murder Saudi Arabia
One year after Khashoggi murder: A global moral failure It has been one year since Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The 58-year-old journalist, who had become known for his criticism of the current Saudi regime, had gone to the consulate to obtain documents related to this upcoming marriage. Saudi agents dissolved his […] Read more »
Mahmoud Hussein: 1000 Days Behind Bars September 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment No formal charges. No trial. No conviction. Yet this Monday, September 16, jailed Al Jazeera journalist and International Press Institute (IPI) member Mahmoud Hussein will complete 1,000 days behind bars in Egypt. The Qatar-based Egyptian national is among three dozen journalists arbitrarily detained by the government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, whose country is among […] Read more » TaggedAl Jazeera Egypt jail Mahmoud Hussein prison
Egypt: Mahmoud Hussein completes 1000 days in prison September 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, repeats its call on Egypt to free Al Jazeera journalist and IPI member Mahmoud Hussein, who has now spent 1,000 days behind bars. Hussein was arrested on December 20, 2016, upon arriving at Cairo airport and accused of “disseminating false […] Read more » TaggedAl Jazeera Egypt jail journalist Mahmoud Hussein prison
UK parliament report urges stronger action to defend media freedom September 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment A new report by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament underscored the global threat to media freedom and said the UK government must “move beyond the rhetoric” and publicly shame and sanction those who attack the press. While the Committee welcomed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s ongoing media freedom campaign, it concluded […] Read more » Taggedcampaign FCO Khashoggi media freedom Parliament press freedom Tugendhat UK
Press freedom in Turkey remains in crisis, mission concludes September 13, 2019 Ankara, Istanbul | Leave a Comment International press freedom groups reported today that press freedom and the rule of law in Turkey remain in crisis despite grounds for very cautious optimism, such as yesterday’s ruling releasing several former Cumhuriyet journalists. Over three days this week, the international press freedom delegation held meetings with journalists, civil society, the judiciary and the authorities […] Read more »
Russia urged to protect journalists covering Moscow protests August 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined a coalition of Russian and international journalist and press freedom groups in calling on the Russian authorities to end the harassment of journalists covering the recent protests in Moscow. “An attack on journalists covering democratic […] Read more » Taggedjournalist Moscow press freedom protest Russia
IPI condemns Brazilian president’s threat to jail Greenwald July 29, 2019 | Leave a Comment The International Press Institute, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has condemned the statement of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro threatening to send noted journalist and co-founder of The Intercept Glenn Greenwald to prison. “President Bolsonaro’s threat to jail Glenn Greenwald is an outrageous and deeply troubling act from […] Read more » TaggedBolsonaro corruption Greenwald jail journalist press freedom threat
Egypt’s Moataz Wadnan: Jailed for conducting an interview July 26, 2019 IPI Contributor Ann Lewandowski | Leave a Comment [content_boxes settings_lvl=”child” layout=”clean-horizontal” columns=”1″ icon_align=”left” title_size=”18″ title_color=”” body_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#dcdadb” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_radius=”” iconcolor=”#dcdadb” circlecolor=”#dcdadb” circlebordercolor=”#dcdadb” circlebordersize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”” outercirclebordersize=”” icon_size=”” icon_hover_type=”” hover_accent_color=”” link_type=”” link_area=”” link_target=”” animation_delay=”” animation_offset=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ class=”” id=””][content_box title=”” icon=”” backgroundcolor=”#dcdadb” iconcolor=”#000000″ circlecolor=”#dcdadb” circlebordercolor=”” circlebordersize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”” outercirclebordersize=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktext=”” link_target=”_self” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″] This article is […] Read more » Taggedarrest Egypt jail journalist Moataz Wadnan press freedom prison
IPI Board chair condemns ‘cyber-libel’ trial of Philippine editor Maria Ressa July 26, 2019 | Leave a Comment The Executive Board chair of the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, has condemned the trial of Philippine editor Maria Ressa on cyber-libel charges as farcical and part of a targeted campaign to silence her. The chair, Markus Spillmann, said today that the cyber-libel case was not simply […] Read more » TaggedInternational Press Institute libel Maria Ressa Markus Spillmann Philippines press freedom Rappler
