The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the abduction and harassment of Al-Wasat editor-in-chief Jamal Amer. According to information before IPI, in the early morning of 23 August, Amer was blindfolded and forced into a car by armed assailants who took him to a remote […]

H.E. Vojislav Kostunica Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Fax: +381 11 3617 609   H.E. Zoran Stojkovic Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Fax: +381 11 3616 419; 685 672 Vienna, 19 August 2005 Your Excellencies,   The Vienna-based South East Europe Media […]

Based on information provided to IPI, on 15 June, vendors working for The Post newspaper in Lusaka, Zambia, were apparently attacked by a group allegedly close to the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). During the attack, the group, some of whom wielded machetes and pangas, stole around 2,000 copies of the 15 June edition of The Post. […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed at the recent attack by the Mayor of Korca on a journalist in Albania. According to information before SEEMO, on 26 June, Robert […]