International Press Institute (IPI)

Cumhuriyet columnist and IPI Board Member Kadri Gürsel dismantles accusations against him in a stirring defence of journalists’ rights.

Zambia’s police Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja suggested that some “publications” could be shut down while emergency powers are in place.

The Polish government’s plans to reform the country’s Supreme Court, which have sparked protests over a perceived erosion of the separation of powers and the rule of law, also have significant potential consequences for media freedom, Polish journalists and media experts say.

An investigative reporter for the independent newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Tomasz Piatek is facing a possible two to three-year jail sentence in a case that is being prepared by military prosecutors and could be heard by a military court.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

A Johannesburg court has granted a South African journalists’ request for an order to stop a campaign of intimidation by activists from “Black First, Land First” (BLF), who picketed the home of an editor and published a list of journalists to target.

Pakistani journalist Umar Cheema and Nick Mathiason, director of Finance Uncovered, are the brains behind an innovative global initiative that holds politicians accountable by making a simple request.

IPI joined international media freedom and free expression defenders in a call presented to the UN Human Rights Council urging it to address ongoing developments in Turkey.