On the first day of the IPI World Congress in Doha, Qatar, the International Press Institute honoured Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi and the independent Turkish news platform Medyascope.tv as its 68th World Press Freedom Hero and 2016 Free Media Pioneer, respectively.

Countries across the Middle East must do more to respect press freedom and free expression in both law and practice, leading international journalists gathered in Qatar for the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress said today. IPI members, meeting at their 65th Annual General Assembly in Doha, unanimously adopted four resolutions urging governments in the […]

“Ten years ago, the Russian segment of the World Wide Web, ru.net, was the most free place in the world for independent journalism and social media,” Galina Timchenko, editor-in-chief of Riga-based Russian-language online newspaper Meduza, said during a panel titled “Digital Journalism – Is the Internet Really a Safer Place?” at the International Press Institute […]

Ruşen Çakır, founder of Turkey’s Medyascope.tv, delivered the following remarks at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 2016 World Congress in Doha, Qatar on March 19, 2016. In my country, Turkey, the words “media” and “journalism” have immediate negative connotations: fired, prosecuted and imprisoned journalists; government-seized newspapers and TV […]