Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
MEPs join IFEX members in call for return of rule of law in Turkey
Forty-seven MEPs and 14 press freedom groups joined a resolution underscoring the lack of effective domestic legal remedies for journalists targeted in Turkey’s media crackdown.
Global solidarity for Rappler and Maria Ressa who vow to fight for a free press
Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa was arrested on 13 February 2019 for cyber libel regarding an article that was published in May 2012, four months before the Philippine Cyber Crime Prevention Act was signed into law. She was released after posting bail on 14 February.
Turkey’s female journalists doubly targeted in media crackdown
Women journalists face physical and psychological attacks on a daily basis.
Finland sets precedent in sentencing journalists’ harassers
The year 2018 saw courts handing down convictions for abusive online attacks and campaigns against journalists.
Global appeal marks 1,000 days behind bars for Nedim Türfent
Journalist and poet Nedim Türfent was sentenced to eight years and nine months in jail in December 2017 on trumped-up terrorism charges.
New report finds Turkish courts are violating journalists’ fair trial rights
In 34 percent of the trials observed, the defendant was forced to appear via a courtroom video link, which in some cases malfunctioned, preventing any hearing participation at all.
2018: A dark year for press freedom
“There is a growing movement, including in countries once seen as guarantors of fundamental rights, aimed at destroying the press as an institution of democracy”, IPI said.
One year after suspects arrested, still no justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
Nine international freedom of expression, press freedom, and professional journalists’ organisations condemn the lack of progress in the case of the investigative journalist.