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The 2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival will gather leading journalists, editors, and publishers from around the world in Sarajevo from May 22 to 24, 2024. Under the theme “Navigating Crises: Journalism at a Turning Point”, this event will provide a vital space for media professionals, thought leaders, and innovators to explore new solutions, foster understanding, and critically examine the role of the media in addressing the great crises of our time.

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Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI).
Friday, May 24 • 12:00 - 13:00
Repression without borders: Transnational threats to journalists

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The long arm of repressive regimes is getting longer. Amid growing global authoritarianism, how do we effectively protect and support journalists in exile?

Moderators
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Miranda Patrucic

Editor in Chief, OCCRP
Miranda Patrucic joined OCCRP in 2006 and was promoted to editor in chief in 2023. She oversees editorial operations for OCCRP’s global newsroom, including 50+ editors across six continents and the production of OCCRP’s investigations and content.Patrucic was one of the first... Read More →

Speakers
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Galina Arapova

Founder and senior media lawyer, Mass Media Defence Centre
Galina Arapova is the founder and senior media lawyer at Mass Media Defence Centre, Russian media defence NGO.She has advised on many cases addressing defamation and other freedom of expression cases, has extensive practice before the Russian courts and the European Court of Human... Read More →
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Pádraig Hughes

Legal Director, Media Defence
Pádraig joined Media Defence as Legal Director in 2016. He previously worked at a law firm specialising in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and public law. He also worked at an NGO litigating on issues concerning violations of human rights including... Read More →
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Stanislau Ivashkevich

Founder, Belarusian Investigative Center
Stanislau Ivashkevich is the founder of Belarusian Investigative Center, a Belarusian investigative media, member of OCCRP and other international investigative networks. Ivashkevich is the honoree of 2023 Global anti Corruption Champions Awards by US Department of State and several... Read More →
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Shafi Karimi

Founder and director, Afghan journalists in exile network (AJEN)
Shafi Karimi is founder and director of Afghan journalists in exile network (AJEN) he is an award-winning multimedia journalist and writer who has been covering Afghanistan for the past 9 years, including reporting on the 2021 Taliban takeover. He is now based in France, and works... Read More →


Friday May 24, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Congress Hall