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#Turkey: A journalist detained, one financially sanctioned and one released. Several news articles were blocked. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Turkey: A journalist detained, one financially sanctioned and one released. Several news articles were blocked. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country.
🎥 You can now watch the key sessions from the IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2025: buff.ly/nrgsuoL
If you missed a panel or could not attend the event, revisit the conversations that shaped this year’s programme in Vienna.
#IPIWoCo25 #MIFest
If you missed a panel or could not attend the event, revisit the conversations that shaped this year’s programme in Vienna.
#IPIWoCo25 #MIFest
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎥 You can now watch the key sessions from the IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2025: buff.ly/nrgsuoL
If you missed a panel or could not attend the event, revisit the conversations that shaped this year’s programme in Vienna.
#IPIWoCo25 #MIFest
If you missed a panel or could not attend the event, revisit the conversations that shaped this year’s programme in Vienna.
#IPIWoCo25 #MIFest
🇪🇸#Spain: Next up in our series of media capture reports, IPI & Media and Journalism Research Center publish a new report examining the level of media capture in Spain & the country's compliance so far with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)👇
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Spain: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today publish a new report examining the level of media capture in Spain and the country’s compliance with…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🇪🇸#Spain: Next up in our series of media capture reports, IPI & Media and Journalism Research Center publish a new report examining the level of media capture in Spain & the country's compliance so far with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)👇
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🇵🇱 #Poland: IPI welcomes court of appeals decision to overturn acquittal of suspected murderers of journalist Jarosław Ziętara, who went missing & was killed in 1992. The ruling reopens the path to justice for Ziętara, his family, friends & colleagues👇
Sprawa śmierci Jarosława Ziętary. "Jest nadzieja na skazanie sprawców i mocodawców"
Sąd Okręgowy w Poznaniu będzie musiał ponownie rozpoznać sprawę dotyczącą porwania i śmierci dziennikarza śledczego Jarosława Ziętary. W apelacji uchylono bowiem wyrok uniewinniający dwóch byłych…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🇵🇱 #Poland: IPI welcomes court of appeals decision to overturn acquittal of suspected murderers of journalist Jarosław Ziętara, who went missing & was killed in 1992. The ruling reopens the path to justice for Ziętara, his family, friends & colleagues👇
🇹🇭 #Thailand: IPI is deeply concerned by the Thai government’s decision to pursue criminal defamation charges against journalist Murray Hunter on behalf of the Malaysian government.
IPI urges Thai authorities to drop all charges immediately.
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IPI urges Thai authorities to drop all charges immediately.
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Thailand: IPI urges government to drop cross-border defamation charges against Murray Hunter
Case highlights alarming rise of transnational repression in Southeast Asia
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December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🇹🇭 #Thailand: IPI is deeply concerned by the Thai government’s decision to pursue criminal defamation charges against journalist Murray Hunter on behalf of the Malaysian government.
IPI urges Thai authorities to drop all charges immediately.
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IPI urges Thai authorities to drop all charges immediately.
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🇱🇹 #Lithuania: IPI joins @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in warning about growing political pressure on Lithuania’s public broadcaster, LRT. Proposed legal amendments risk undermining its editorial independence and sustainable funding.
Lithuania: Media freedom groups raise alarm as political pressure campaign on LRT widens – ipi.media
Proposed legal amendments to the law governing LRT risk weakening its editorial independence and disrupting its sustainable financing.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🇱🇹 #Lithuania: IPI joins @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in warning about growing political pressure on Lithuania’s public broadcaster, LRT. Proposed legal amendments risk undermining its editorial independence and sustainable funding.
#Finland: Our new report on #mediacapture & compliance with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is out. The sixth in our series reviews developments in #Finland – a country with one of one of the healthiest climates for #pressfreedom in the world.
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Finland: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today publish a new report examining media capture in Finland in 2025 and the country’s compliance with the…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#Finland: Our new report on #mediacapture & compliance with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is out. The sixth in our series reviews developments in #Finland – a country with one of one of the healthiest climates for #pressfreedom in the world.
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🇬🇪 #Georgia: IPI is disturbed by the potential exposure of journalists to a chemical agent allegedly used by Georgian law enforcement authorities to disperse protests, which was revealed in a recent BBC investigation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🇬🇪 #Georgia: IPI is disturbed by the potential exposure of journalists to a chemical agent allegedly used by Georgian law enforcement authorities to disperse protests, which was revealed in a recent BBC investigation.
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organisations strongly oppose any proposals on granting amnesty for potential war crimes committed in the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, especially for those against journalists.
Read our full statement below👇
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Read our full statement below👇
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December 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organisations strongly oppose any proposals on granting amnesty for potential war crimes committed in the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, especially for those against journalists.
Read our full statement below👇
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Read our full statement below👇
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🇭🇷#Croatia: IPI is alarmed by far-right Homeland Movement leaders’ announcement to cut funding for Novosti. We call on Homeland Movement to end hostility to media and urge the Council for National Minorities to remain independent and impartial in allocating media funding.
Mapping Media Freedom: Croatia: MP from Croatia's ruling coalition party announced plan to abolish all budgetary funding for weekly Novosti (2025-11-12)
On 12 November 2025, Stipo Mlinarić, an MP from Croatia's ruling coalition party, the Homeland…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🇭🇷#Croatia: IPI is alarmed by far-right Homeland Movement leaders’ announcement to cut funding for Novosti. We call on Homeland Movement to end hostility to media and urge the Council for National Minorities to remain independent and impartial in allocating media funding.
📢 Happening tomorrow! Join IPI & CCIJ at the next Virtual Newsroom Visit on Dec 3, 11:00 CET 👉 Register: buff.ly/OUTxE98
We'll discuss the power of immersive, interactive experiences for #investigativejournalism & how to build gaming experiences in your newsroom.
We'll discuss the power of immersive, interactive experiences for #investigativejournalism & how to build gaming experiences in your newsroom.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Happening tomorrow! Join IPI & CCIJ at the next Virtual Newsroom Visit on Dec 3, 11:00 CET 👉 Register: buff.ly/OUTxE98
We'll discuss the power of immersive, interactive experiences for #investigativejournalism & how to build gaming experiences in your newsroom.
We'll discuss the power of immersive, interactive experiences for #investigativejournalism & how to build gaming experiences in your newsroom.
Join IPI & CCIJ at a webinar, Dec 3, 11:00 CET 👉 Register: buff.ly/OUTxE98
CCIJ will showcase Data Vault Canyon - a groundbreaking multiplayer journalism game built inside Fortnite.
✍️ Don't miss an opportunity to learn about immersive tech & tools for impactful investigative storytelling.
CCIJ will showcase Data Vault Canyon - a groundbreaking multiplayer journalism game built inside Fortnite.
✍️ Don't miss an opportunity to learn about immersive tech & tools for impactful investigative storytelling.
Virtual Newsroom Visit to CCIJ – ipi.media
Learn how newsrooms can gamify investigations through immersive storytelling and metaverse design with CCIJ's Data Vault Canyon on Fortnite
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join IPI & CCIJ at a webinar, Dec 3, 11:00 CET 👉 Register: buff.ly/OUTxE98
CCIJ will showcase Data Vault Canyon - a groundbreaking multiplayer journalism game built inside Fortnite.
✍️ Don't miss an opportunity to learn about immersive tech & tools for impactful investigative storytelling.
CCIJ will showcase Data Vault Canyon - a groundbreaking multiplayer journalism game built inside Fortnite.
✍️ Don't miss an opportunity to learn about immersive tech & tools for impactful investigative storytelling.
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Our press freedom mission to Turkey is underway, led by MFRR partners including @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, @ecpmf.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, RSF Turkey, @article19.bsky.social, SEEMO, @amnesty.org, and OBCT.
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our press freedom mission to Turkey is underway, led by MFRR partners including @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, @ecpmf.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, RSF Turkey, @article19.bsky.social, SEEMO, @amnesty.org, and OBCT.
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✨ Ya publicada una página ganadora de nuestra #Convocatoria4D:
“Honouring the pioneers. Four decades of exceptional women at the IPI General Assembly” de @globalfreemedia.bsky.social recupera la historia de mujeres que marcaron el periodismo y la libertad de prensa.
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“Honouring the pioneers. Four decades of exceptional women at the IPI General Assembly” de @globalfreemedia.bsky.social recupera la historia de mujeres que marcaron el periodismo y la libertad de prensa.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
✨ Ya publicada una página ganadora de nuestra #Convocatoria4D:
“Honouring the pioneers. Four decades of exceptional women at the IPI General Assembly” de @globalfreemedia.bsky.social recupera la historia de mujeres que marcaron el periodismo y la libertad de prensa.
ipi.shorthandstories...
“Honouring the pioneers. Four decades of exceptional women at the IPI General Assembly” de @globalfreemedia.bsky.social recupera la historia de mujeres que marcaron el periodismo y la libertad de prensa.
ipi.shorthandstories...
🇸🇰 #Slovakia: The fifth country report in our new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025 is out. In this one, IPI & @mjrc.bsky.social examine the state of play & compliance with #EMFA in Slovakia. Download👇
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Slovakia: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today publish a new report examining media capture in Slovakia in 2025 and the country’s compliance with…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🇸🇰 #Slovakia: The fifth country report in our new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025 is out. In this one, IPI & @mjrc.bsky.social examine the state of play & compliance with #EMFA in Slovakia. Download👇
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🇷🇴#Romania: IPI & the Media & Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the fourth in our new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, this time putting the focus on Romania.
Download the full report👇
Download the full report👇
Romania: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the fourth in a new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, this time putting the…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🇷🇴#Romania: IPI & the Media & Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the fourth in our new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, this time putting the focus on Romania.
Download the full report👇
Download the full report👇
🇮🇱 #Israel: IPI expresses concern about two new bills that have passed first reading in the Israeli parliament that would have sweeping implications for press freedom and impede the operations of both domestic and international news outlets in Israel.
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Israel: IPI warns against adoption of two new bills that would imperil domestic and international media
If passed, new laws would centralize government control of the media in Israel and open the door for political interference
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November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🇮🇱 #Israel: IPI expresses concern about two new bills that have passed first reading in the Israeli parliament that would have sweeping implications for press freedom and impede the operations of both domestic and international news outlets in Israel.
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New in our series from #MIFest25 - part 2 of the interviews from the Story Matters featuring Preethi Nallu (Report for the World), in conversation with Anastasiia Marushevska ( Ukrainer International) and Maya Misikir (Sifter).
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Story Matters: News entrepreneurs in a disruptive age (Part 2) – ipi.media
Insights from the opening session Story Matters: News entrepreneurs in a disruptive age at the IPI Media Innovation Festival 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New in our series from #MIFest25 - part 2 of the interviews from the Story Matters featuring Preethi Nallu (Report for the World), in conversation with Anastasiia Marushevska ( Ukrainer International) and Maya Misikir (Sifter).
Read the full summary: buff.ly/mrLfZCy
Read the full summary: buff.ly/mrLfZCy
🇼🇸 Samoa: IPI calls on Samoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt to immediately reverse an order banning the Samoa Observer from attending his weekly press conferences, and calls on the prime minister to recommit to the value of a free press.
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Samoa: IPI calls on prime minister to drop ban on Samoa Observer
Ban targets the leading source of independent news in the South Pacific state
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November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🇼🇸 Samoa: IPI calls on Samoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt to immediately reverse an order banning the Samoa Observer from attending his weekly press conferences, and calls on the prime minister to recommit to the value of a free press.
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🇭🇺 #Hungary: IPI condemns the decision by the Trump administration to cut funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Hungarian service and warns the cessation of its operations will further erode media pluralism in the country ahead of the April 2026 election.
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Hungary: RFE service shuttered by Trump administration for 'opposing' ally Orban – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemns the decision by the Trump administration to cut funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Hungarian service and warns the cessation of its…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🇭🇺 #Hungary: IPI condemns the decision by the Trump administration to cut funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Hungarian service and warns the cessation of its operations will further erode media pluralism in the country ahead of the April 2026 election.
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🇮🇳 #India: IPI joins nine NGOs in urging authorities to take immediate steps to protect Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub amid escalating threats to her life.
We call on police to open a formal investigation to ensure perpetrators are held accountable.
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We call on police to open a formal investigation to ensure perpetrators are held accountable.
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India: IPI, partners demand urgent protection for journalist Rana Ayyub following death threats
IPI joins nine press freedom organizations in letter to Indian police commissioner urging further steps to ensure the safety of journalist Rana Ayyub amid escalating threats
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November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🇮🇳 #India: IPI joins nine NGOs in urging authorities to take immediate steps to protect Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub amid escalating threats to her life.
We call on police to open a formal investigation to ensure perpetrators are held accountable.
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We call on police to open a formal investigation to ensure perpetrators are held accountable.
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#Turkey: Two journalists under investigation, one released. Access to news articles was blocked. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country.
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Turkey: Two journalists under investigation, one released. Access to news articles was blocked. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country.
🇷🇸#Serbia: Following the latest REM Council election, IPI & MFRR partners urge the international community and institutions such as the OSCE and EU to refrain from legitimising this outcome. A complete & democratic election is crucial for #mediafrreedom.
Serbia: Election of REM Council undermines democratic principles – ipi.media
IPI today joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing renewed concern over the undemocratic process by which the National Assembly conducted the latest election for…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🇷🇸#Serbia: Following the latest REM Council election, IPI & MFRR partners urge the international community and institutions such as the OSCE and EU to refrain from legitimising this outcome. A complete & democratic election is crucial for #mediafrreedom.
#Hungary: IPI & partners raise alarm about acquisition of country's most-read tabloid by pro-government media group & call on newly established European Board for Media Services to launch an assessment of the merger and its impact on media pluralism👇
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Hungary: New EU Media Board should assess Blikk acquisition by pro-government media group – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins media freedom partners in in raising alarm about the recent acquisition of Hungary’s most-read tabloid newspaper by a pro-government media group…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Hungary: IPI & partners raise alarm about acquisition of country's most-read tabloid by pro-government media group & call on newly established European Board for Media Services to launch an assessment of the merger and its impact on media pluralism👇
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🇷🇴 #Romania: IPI raises alarm over appointment of Government Spokesperson Ioana Ene Dogioiu to Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company (SRR), board. The appointment clearly breaches Romanian law & EMFA, and threatens independence of the public service media.👇
Mapping Media Freedom: Romania: Government spokesperson joins SRR Board of Administration, raising independence concerns (2025-11-18)
On 18 November 2025, the Romanian Parliament confirmed the new composition of the Board of…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🇷🇴 #Romania: IPI raises alarm over appointment of Government Spokesperson Ioana Ene Dogioiu to Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company (SRR), board. The appointment clearly breaches Romanian law & EMFA, and threatens independence of the public service media.👇