Vienna, 22 August 2011 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the detention of two journalists in northwestern Greece. On 16 August 2011, the Skopje-based journalists, Goran Momirovski of Kanal 5 television and Milena Gjorgjievska, a journalist with the daily Vest, accompanied a group of […]

Bloggers across Asia face criminal charges and significant prison time for their postings, highlighting the increasingly restrictive levels of online censorship in the region. In Vietnam, Pham Minh Hoang, a university teacher and blogger, was sentenced to three years in prison as well as three years of house arrest on Wednesday on a charge of […]

There has been a rash of attacks against media organisations in Pakistan’s Sindh province recently. In the last week of July, unknown persons attacked the offices of Geo, Jang, and the News in a number of cities, attacked staff members and damaged equipment. In a related development, copies of Jang and The News were burned […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has satisfactorily concluded the second phase of the IPI News Innovation Contest, reviewing more than 300 applications from around the world. Criteria such as the innovation level of the project, the proposed budget, sustainability and the project’s contribution to press freedom online were key aspects in the evaluation process, leaving […]