International Press Institute (IPI)

Statistics kept by the Hellenic Photojournalists’ Union indicate that just one of 16 incidents of police aggression against photojournalists between 2010 and 2014 has resulted in legal consequences.

Civil society groups mark the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack by calling on governments worldwide to fulfill their obligation to protect freedom of expression.

IPI added 98 names in 2015 to its Death Watch, which since 1997 has tallied journalists deliberately targeted because of their profession and those who lost their lives while on assignment.

An Austrian investigative news platform that documented poor conditions in asylum-seeker housing across Austria was ordered Monday to pay nearly €2,000 for trespassing after the landlord of one of the housing sites brought suit.

IFEX members call for an immediate investigation into spying operations in Romania incompatible with free and democratic society.

The International Declaration, which was timely unveiled on the eve of International Human Rights Day, aims to reinforce existing international obligations and mechanisms related to journalists’ safety and contribute to the protection of journalists’ rights.

“The judicial system seems to prosecute journalists more often than the accomplices of Daesh (Islamic State). Turkey is a great country, with democratic institutions and a very open civil society. We appeal to the government, as a matter of honour, to restore all the conditions of pluralism, starting with freedom for journalists.”

Egypt’s Court of Cassation accepted an appeal in the “Rabaa Operation Room” case, in which the journalists and media workers were charged with plotting unrest, spreading false news and leading an operations room in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Egyptian government considers a terrorist organisation.