International Press Institute (IPI)

An international mission comprised of 17 international organizations underscores its concern regarding the lack of guarantees offered by the Mexican state to solve the country’s grave freedom of expression crisis and the state’s failure to recognize the seriousness of the problem.

IPI has published a new resource for news outlets’ online moderators to address abuse that takes place on social media; it forms part of IPI’s Newsrooms Ontheline platform, which collects best practices for countering online harassment.

Those charged are Alena Zsuzsová, Tomáš Szabó, Miroslav Marček and Marian Kočner, a businessman who is accused of ordering the 2018 murder. They all face up to 25 years in prison or a life sentence.

Italy’s press freedom record is among the most problematic in Western Europe; it saw the sharpest increase in media freedom alerts recorded in 2018 according to the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists.

An IPI-led international mission met with journalists, members of the judiciary and representatives of the government in Turkey to call for an end of the ongoing clamp down on media.

Singapore’s new law grants government ministers the power to decide what is true or false – and to remove content accordingly.

All language versions of the Wikipedia website have been banned since April 2017. The Turkish authorities say they imposed the ban after Wikipedia refused to remove an article alleging Turkish government support for terrorist groups in Syria.

In February, an appeals court upheld the sentences handed to 14 ‘Cumhuriyet’ journalists in 2018. Those sentenced to more than 5 years can still appeal to the Supreme Court; however, sentences of less than 5 years are considered final.