International Press Institute (IPI)

Maria Ressa has 15 days to file a final appeal before the Philippine Supreme Court.

The bill provides a framework for extensive censorship of online information and the criminalisation of journalism, which will enable the government to further subdue and control public debate in the lead up to Turkey’s general elections in 2023.

Free expression groups welcome the European Commission’s initiative to protect press freedom, but call for greater efforts to increase transparency of media ownership, ensure independence of national regulators, and protect journalists from surveillance.

After meeting with a diverse array of stakeholders, a high-level International Press Institute delegation expressed its concern at Mozambique’s deteriorating media freedom environment.

In light of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in 2023, international rights organisations express concern about the state of the remaining independent media outlets and how this latest move will contribute to an already-shrinking civic space in the country.

Ebru Uzun Oruç and Barış Oruç were attacked in Istanbul while conducting street interviews. They had previously received threats from ultra-nationalist groups in response to their reporting on Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahçeli.

“Long abused by the government, the 2012 law was instrumental in causing self-censorship and a mass exodus of domestic and international outlets from Russia, as well as forcing the remaining independent media organizations underground” – IPI

“This decision by the EU’s executive body to take Hungary to court over the alleged breach in EU telecoms rules regarding Klubrádió’s frequency licence is a belated but important signal that the Commission is increasingly willing to use the tools available to it to defend independent media, freedom of expression and media pluralism where they are most threatened.”