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Published: September 4, 2026 07:52
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🇰🇪 #Kenya: IPI condemns the abduction of Standard Group associate editor Alex Kiprotich. Armed men seized him at gunpoint on September 1 and dumped him more than 200km away. His captors interrogated him about how Standard Group…
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Published: September 3, 2026 20:01
1/3 🇳🇵 #Nepal: Four journalists are still out of contact and 13 media outlets are damaged after the Himalayan floods. Across the border in Tibet, China has censored coverage of the same disaster. IPI stands with affected journalists and condemns the…
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Published: September 3, 2026 14:18
🇲🇹 #Malta: IPI is devastated by the not guilty verdict in the trial of Yorgen Fenech, charged with masterminding the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury cleared him of both charges eight-to-one after eight hours of deliberation.…
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Published: September 2, 2026 11:03
1/2 🇰🇪 #Kenya : IPI condemns the abduction of Kenyan editor Alex Kiprotich, seized by four masked men on September 1. His employer says he was found nine hours later, more than 200km away buff.ly/0UfFZhU
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Published: September 1, 2026 17:10
🇮🇶 #Iraq: An Iraqi court has sentenced a member of Kataib Hezbollah over the March kidnapping of American journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad. IPI welcomes the ruling as an important step towards accountability for attacks on the press.…
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Published: August 31, 2026 17:51
🇲🇽 #Mexico: IPI condemns the August 29 killing of Puebla photographer Ricardo Zúñiga Rosas, which came after Zúñiga Rosas reported receiving threats in connection to statements and photographs he published about the local government.…
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Published: August 31, 2026 14:11
🇵🇸 #Palestine: IPI strongly condemns this violent attack by masked Israeli settlers on three @nbcnews.com journalists while they were reporting on settler violence in the West Bank. buff.ly/5OvAp8c…
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Published: August 31, 2026 10:00
📣 Applications are open for the IPI Journalism and Media Freedom Research Fellowship!
Journalists, media experts, graduates and researchers based in Finland are invited to apply for this funded opportunity.
🤝 We are accepting 2 fellows in 2027!
Apply…
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Published: August 28, 2026 18:37
🇵🇭 #Philippines: IPI welcomes the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s finding that the imprisonment of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been jailed for more than six years, violates her rights under international law.
She must be released.…
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Published: August 26, 2026 13:23
🇸🇸 #SouthSudan: Today marks 9 years since the brutal murder of journalist Christopher Allen, who was killed while documenting the civil war in South Sudan. IPI repeats its calls for urgent and renewed international attention to this case.
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Published: August 25, 2026 17:41
🇺🇸 #USA: IPI condemns the firing of @starsandstripes.bsky.social’s leadership and a senior reporter for defending the editorial independence of the military newspaper, which serves as a critical source of news and information for American service members. …
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Published: August 25, 2026 13:15
🇵🇸 #Gaza: One year ago today, Mariam Abu Dagga, a 2025 IPI World Press Freedom Hero, and four other Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli “double-tap” strike on Nasser hospital.
A year later, there is still no justice for their killings.…
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Published: August 25, 2026 12:27
🇰🇬 #Kyrgyzstan: As the retrial of Mahabat Tajibek Kyzy opens today, IPI calls for fair and impartial court proceedings and ultimately the journalist's full acquittal.
Tajibek Kyzy was released from prison in March 2026, after spending 2 years behind bars.…
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Published: August 25, 2026 07:52
🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan: IPI condemns denial of adequate medical care to jailed journalist Aytaj Ahmadova of Meydan TV. We urge Azerbaijan to ensure that Ahmadova and other imprisoned journalists in need of medical care receive adequate and timely treatment, and to…
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Published: August 24, 2026 15:08
⭐ #ICYMI: Last month, at a special event at the Gabo Festival in Bogotá, Colombia, IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social honoured the 2026 recipients of the World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards.
📸 Photos: Rolando Mendez - NUKAK, courtesy…
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Published: August 20, 2026 11:32
🔴IPI outlines our growing concern over the takeover of Adria News Network (ANN) by the investment firm which owns Euronews and its potential impact on independent journalism across the Western Balkans. Transparency & EU-level scrutiny are needed👇
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Published: August 20, 2026 09:45
⚡️Registration for the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Summit 2026 is now open. The Summit will dive into the most pressing challenges facing #pressfreedom in Europe today.
🗓️ 12 October 2026
📍 Brussels, Belgium
👉️ Book your seat today: buff.ly/2Uq2rs8
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Published: August 20, 2026 08:30
#Sudan: 1/2 IPI calls on the Sudan Shield Forces to immediately & unconditionally release journalist Al-Raih Essam Jaxa. According to the SJS, Jaxa was forced out of his car at a checkpoint on his way back from an assignment & has been held incommunicado…
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Published: August 20, 2026 07:27
#Mali: 1/2 IPI condemns the conviction & sentencing to six months in prison of journalist Chahana Takiou on August 3. Takiou was charged with “undermining the credibility of the state” after he criticised the abuse of cybercrime laws to target journalists…