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New report: “Journalists in the Dock: The Judicial Silencing of the Fourth Estate”

Based on the findings of a mission by press groups to Turkey, the report finds the judiciary unfit for purpose and calls for – among other things – the urgent revision of all anti-terror and defamation laws, and the end of the deliberate conflation of public criticism with terrorism propaganda.

Press conference by the international mission, Mexico City, 6 November 2019, Photo credit: CENCOS

Mexican government declines to recognize freedom of expression crisis

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.

Addressing abuse on social media: Tools and strategies for news outlets

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.

Four charged with murders of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée

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: Hostility to press is on the rise and it’s being stoked by politicians

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.

Press freedom in Turkey remains in crisis, despite some room for very cautious optimism

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 passes ‘Orwellian’ law on ‘fake news’

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

Turkey's opposition IYI Party posts an image that reads 'June 25: The opening of Wikipedia', in an election campaign against the ban on the online encyclopedia, in Ankara, 30 April 2018, Altan Gocher/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Turkey: Two years without Wikipedia

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.