In recent years numerous countries across Europe have experienced a decline in press freedom as governments increasingly turned to legal harassment, smear campaigns and online attacks to pressure independent media and journalists into silence. In this climate, European journalists face many dangers in carrying out their work, from physical assaults and kidnapping, to death threats […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), today called on Turkey’s authorities to cease harassment of media and to ensure the safety of journalists following the detention of eight journalists over the weekend including four Sputnik News journalists on Sunday, March 1. The day before a violent mob had surrounded the Ankara homes of three sputnik journalists […]

On February 6, an International Press Institute (IPI) delegation spent a day in Istanbul’s Justice Palace to monitor the so-called RedHack trial involving a group of journalists who reported in September 2016 on leaked e-mails from former Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who also happens to be the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi spent the day on February 13 monitoring the trials of two journalists at Istanbul’s Çağlayan Courthouse. Case postponed The first trial observed by IPI on February 13 was that of Adil Demirci, a reporter with ETHA News Agency who is charged with spreading terrorist propaganda and […]