🇵🇸 Palestine: On October 6, Israeli settlers beat an @AFP photographer who was covering settler violence against West Bank farmers. IPI is alarmed by this blatant attack on the press and demands a full investigation that holds the perpetrators accountable. buff.ly/uqpsVlU

Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank

Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers.

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🇷🇺 20 years ago today, Anna Politkovskaya was shot four times in the lift of her Moscow apartment building. She was 48, and had spent seven years documenting torture, disappearances, and abuses by Russian forces in Chechnya. buff.ly/ZUTmFgU

1/ 🇦🇱 Albania: IPI and partners have written to Justice Minister Toni Gogu welcoming a draft anti-SLAPP law, which would protect journalists and others from lawsuits filed to silence them. buff.ly/zJOw0aJ

Albania: IPI and partners welcome draft anti-SLAPP legislative package – ipi.media

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined media freedom partners in writing to Albania's Minister of Justice, Toni Gogu, welcoming a draft bill against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public…

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🇬🇹 Guatemala: IPI condemns the killing of Evelio López Sánchez on October 2 in Huehuetenango while he was arriving home. López Sánchez, who ran the media outlet Huehue es Noticia, had previously reported receiving threats related to his journalistic work. buff.ly/RlQvnvK

🇸🇮 Slovenia votes Oct 11 on scrapping the licence fee that funds public broadcaster RTV SLO, with no replacement on the table. IPI and MFRR partners warn this and a separate governance bill risk breaching the EU Media Freedom Act. buff.ly/me1uEB6

This week, IPI’s North American Committee sat down with Max Lederer, former publisher of Stars and Stripes to discuss the state of press freedom in the United States. buff.ly/fGIEycA

Max Lederer & Stars and Stripes: Defending press freedom under pressure

On September 28, 2026, the International Press Institute's North American Committee (IPI-NAC) held a conversation with Max Lederer, longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, on the fight to protect…

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🇺🇦 One year ago today, a Russian FPV drone killed French photojournalist Antoni Lallican near the front line in eastern Ukraine. He and Ukrainian photojournalist Heorhii Ivanchenko were both wearing protective equipment marked PRESS. buff.ly/E6u2EhE

🇸🇦 Eight years ago today, Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect a document for his marriage. Fifteen operatives were waiting. His fiancée waited outside for more than 10 hours. He never came out. buff.ly/8wIYZDD

Saudi Arabia: Eight years after Khashoggi's murder, IPI renews call for justice – ipi.media

Eight years after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was violently murdered by Saudi operatives in Istanbul, the International Press Institute (IPI) repeats its demand for accountability. IPI…

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🇷🇴 #Romania: IPI condemns the numerous attacks against journalists documenting a recent violent protest in Bucharest and calls on law enforcement authorities to ensure those responsible are swiftly identified and prosecuted. 🔗Read IPI’s full statement: buff.ly/QkJjRXV

Romania: Attacks against journalists covering violent protest must be properly investigated – ipi.media

IPI statement attacks against journalists at protest in Romania

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1/4: 🇺🇸 Today, IPI is launching a new timeline tracking efforts by the Trump administration and its allies to expand executive control over the U.S. news media — and the implications for press freedom. 👇️ View the timeline: buff.ly/q5yXwPY

Capture and control: A timeline monitoring threats to free media in the United States – ipi.media

IPI timeline documents and tracks efforts by the Trump administration to expand executive control over the U.S. media.

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🇺🇸 USA: IPI is deeply alarmed by President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House. Such a ban is a serious affront to the First Amendment and the press’ ability to hold public officials to account. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

President Donald Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow.

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🇪🇸 Spain: The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has moved to fine three news outlets for reporting that police officers infiltrated social and pro-independence movements. It wants VilaWeb to pay €7,000 and Diari de Balears at least €15,000. buff.ly/GlVVfzz

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: IPI and eight partner organisations have written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the country's rapidly deteriorating press freedom climate. buff.ly/BX9kuVO

Pakistan: IPI and partners urge prime minister to act on deteriorating press freedom – ipi.media

The International Press Institute (IPI) and eight other press freedom and human rights organisations wrote to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on September 11, 2026, urging his government to…

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🇳🇪Niger: IPI is deeply concerned about the whereabouts of journalist Moussa Kaka of Radio Télévision Saraounia, who has been missing since August 31, following an attempted coup. IPI calls for a thorough and impartial investigation into his disappearance. buff.ly/nv7KAEL

🇮🇱 Israel: PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he has instructed his lawyers to sue @haaretzcom, journalist Shlomi Eldar, and others for libel over a report that the UAE president warned him of a Hamas attack days before October 7, 2023. The outlet said it stands by its reporting.

Netanyahu says he’ll sue Haaretz over report UAE leader warned him days before Oct. 7

PM again denies he had call with Emirati president, demands criminal probe of the journalists who wrote the story; separate report says Egypt shared intel with Netanyahu that said Hamas wanted to…

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📊 The Media Freedom Rapid Response has documented 736 attacks on 1,174 journalists and media workers across Europe between January and June 2026. IPI is an MFRR partner and helped compile the briefing. buff.ly/dEGSdG5

🇹🇳 Tunisia: Police arrested Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of the investigative site Al-Katiba, on September 4 as he arrived at a radio station to discuss Tunisia's water crisis. He is being held on money laundering and illicit enrichment charges.

🇮🇷 Iran: Reza Valizadeh has spent two years in Evin prison. In a recording obtained by CBS News last month, the Iranian-American journalist said inmates have had little or no medical care for over a year and that his family has been barred from visiting for five months. buff.ly/xSNc0BY

🇪🇨 Ecuador: Armed men in tactical gear killed journalist René Manuel Cobos Merchán at his home on August 23. He arranged interviews and logistics for international outlets covering organised crime, including the BBC. IPI condemns his killing. buff.ly/xl5nQXU

Asesinan a colaborador para medios internacionales en Yaguachi

La víctima fue identificada como René Cobos y se desempeñaba como fixer. Entre los medios que trabajó se encuentra BBC.

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🇱🇸 Lesotho: Three men abducted Newsday editor Kananelo Boloetse from his home on September 5, questioned him about his journalism and human rights work, then assaulted him and threatened his life. buff.ly/LYMC8fJ

🇺🇦 Ukraine: A Russian drone struck the Kyiv newsroom of TV channel We Are Ukraine (My Ukraina) today while it was broadcasting live. At least five people were injured and the building was partly destroyed. IPI condemns the attack.

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1/3 (261 characters) 🇰🇪 #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 sources its stories.

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 censorship.

Nepal: IPI stands with journalists covering flood disaster and condemns Chinese censorship in Tibet – ipi.media

The International Press Institute (IPI) stands with the journalists of Nepal affected by the Himalayan flood disaster and calls on the international community to ensure support for local media is…

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🇲🇹 #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. buff.ly/0JJHZEN

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

🇮🇶 #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. www.arabnews.com/media/iraq-s...

Iraq sentences kidnapper of US journalist to 15 years in prison

Iraq sentences kidnapper of US journalist to 15 years in prison

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🇲🇽 #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. latinus.us/mexico/2026/...

Asesinan al fotógrafo Ricardo Zúñiga en Puebla; había acusado amenazas tras criticar al gobierno de Tehuitzingo

La organización Artículo 19 pidió a las autoridades que esclarezcan el delito tomando en consideración la actividad informativa que desempeñaba el también creador de contenido, quien recientemente…

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🇵🇸 #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

Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank

The woman and the crew were treated for injuries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed “by a handful of rioters.”

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Apply for two fellowships open to applicants affiliated with organisations and institutions based in Finland

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