International Press Institute (IPI)

The Hungarian government has built, using public funds, a well-oiled media machine dedicated to producing disinformation for propaganda purposes.

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

The killing of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb has sparked shock and outrage across Europe.

The Jordanian government’s move against the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists is an attempt to stifle criticism and stigmatise independent NGOs, IPI says.

“We’re extremely glad that Kadri Gürsel was released after nearly 11 months, but equally disappointed our other colleagues were not. Monday’s proceedings, with a parade of witnesses offering irrelevant commentary instead of facts, demonstrated again how absurd this case is,” said IPI.

A recent survey indicates that the level of online harassment of journalists in Finland is unprecedented. And in recent years the number of incidents originating from both far-right and anti-racist groups had increased.

“The government rules the courtroom, not the law. Talking about justice in a courtroom feels like punching against a solid wall of evil. Your mind and soul hurt when you have to defend yourself against such slander.”

Suna Venter’s broken heart, silencing Sudan’s FIFA suspension, the unsolved case of Burundi’s Jean Bigirimana, policing police in Zimbabwe and more from Somalia, Senegal, Nigeria and South Sudan.