The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists. Our mission is to defend media freedom and support independent journalism. #FreeMediaFreeWorld | ipi.mediahttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mwvktnasx224This 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 https://buff.ly/fGIEycA02 Oct 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvktnasx224https://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mwuzbm65d62w🇺🇦 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/E6u2EhE02 Oct 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuzbm65d62whttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mwuvbfrzck2n🇸🇦 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 https://buff.ly/8wIYZDD02 Oct 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuvbfrzck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mwl5wohs3l2g🇷🇴 #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 https://buff.ly/QkJjRXV28 Sep 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwl5wohs3l2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mwbn3r4ldk2w1/4: 🇺🇸 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 https://buff.ly/q5yXwPY24 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbn3r4ldk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mvt5zrxhlc2d🇺🇸 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. https://apnews.com/article/trump-cnn-msnow-politico-media-bans-bb675679fb10738a51bef90bde6c525a18 Sep 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5zrxhlc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mvndewjcv32g🇪🇸 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/GlVVfzz16 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvndewjcv32ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mvaq5sjjoa2c🇵🇰 #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 https://ipi.media/pakistan-press-freedom-collapse-journalism-south-asia/11 Sep 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaq5sjjoa2chttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mvapooh2fi2g🇳🇪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/nv7KAEL11 Sep 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvapooh2fi2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv6aafxlrh27🇮🇱 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. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-hell-sue-haaretz-over-report-uae-leader-warned-him-days-before-oct-7/10 Sep 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6aafxlrh27https://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv5kz6ihtn2g📊 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/dEGSdG510 Sep 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5kz6ihtn2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv4dbulwqp2q🇹🇳 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.09 Sep 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4dbulwqp2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv3q4jxvlq2w🇮🇷 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/xSNc0BY09 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3q4jxvlq2whttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv36k3u5gu2l🇪🇨 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 https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/seguridad/asesinan-a-colaborador-para-medios-internacionales-en-yaguachi/09 Sep 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv36k3u5gu2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mv2y2zjyti2t🇱🇸 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/LYMC8fJ09 Sep 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2y2zjyti2thttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muz5l62u2z2g🇺🇦 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.08 Sep 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz5l62u2z2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muw2xhsyi42gJust 3 days left 📢Apply to the IPI Transition Accelerator, a flagship programme for established European media. Get up to €25k in funding + 8 months of training & coaching to grow and strategise audience relationships, revenue & technology. 🟠 Apply by Sep 9: buff.ly/a75jQMm https://buff.ly/a75jQMm07 Sep 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw2xhsyi42ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muoi7o7ute2m1/3 (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.04 Sep 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoi7o7ute2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3munairtotp2u1/3 🇳🇵 #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. https://ipi.media/nepal-ipi-stands-with-journalists-covering-flood-disaster-and-condemns-chinese-censorship-in-tibet/03 Sep 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3munairtotp2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mumncxuvp42m🇲🇹 #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/0JJHZEN03 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumncxuvp42mhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mujrxrzmzm2h 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/0UfFZhU02 Sep 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujrxrzmzm2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muhw2cnkwq2v🇮🇶 #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. https://www.arabnews.com/media/iraq-sentences-kidnapper-of-us-journalist-to-15-years-in-prison-2656462 https://buff.ly/scHgBsB01 Sep 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhw2cnkwq2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mufht73oph24🇲🇽 #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. https://latinus.us/mexico/2026/8/31/asesinan-al-fotografo-ricardo-zuniga-en-puebla-habia-acusado-amenazas-tras-criticar-al-gobierno-de-tehuitzingo-183027.html https://buff.ly/6NquzHc31 Aug 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufht73oph24https://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muf3kwnoon2d🇵🇸 #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 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-nbc-news-team-attacked-masked-israeli-settlers-rcna59502431 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf3kwnoon2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3muenjdjijm2y📣 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 now: buff.ly/RFUu25s https://ipi.media/ipinetwork/ipi-journalism-and-media-freedom-research-fellowship/31 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muenjdjijm2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mu5z26oklu2s🇵🇭 #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. buff.ly/6UZGEM5 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/336263/un-body-calls-for-release-of-cumpio-activists-from-arbitrary-detention28 Aug 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5z26oklu2shttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mtygjoejxg2j🇸🇸 #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. buff.ly/Etp0Ahj https://ipi.media/south-sudan-call-investigation-killing-journalist-christopher-allen/26 Aug 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtygjoejxg2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mtwej6az7n22🇺🇸 #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. buff.ly/mm0kA6h https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pentagon-fires-3-employees-from-stars-stripes-after-cbs-news-interview/25 Aug 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwej6az7n22https://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mtvvmbdj5g23🇵🇸 #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. buff.ly/A4ayr2x https://ipi.media/gaza-ipi-strongly-condemns-killing-of-five-palestinian-journalists-by-israeli-military/25 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvvmbdj5g23https://bsky.app/profile/globalfreemedia.bsky.social/post/3mtvswidk572m🇰🇬 #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. buff.ly/PggF7QD25 Aug 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:v5xtahw2zmh25vb66ovfy5fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvswidk572m