The International Press Institute (IPI) today mourned the passing of publisher, journalist and long-time IPI member Norbert Neininger, who died on Saturday following a battle with cancer. Neininger, 64, was a respected, well-known journalist, who served the Swiss daily Schaffhauser Nachrichten for more than 40 years as contributor, chief editor and publisher. He was also […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) said today that it was deeply concerned over recent attacks and threats against journalists in Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as the case of a Serbian journalist denied entry to Russia. In Croatia, three unknown assailants beat freelance […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the suspended six-month prison sentence given to Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais over his book outlining human rights abuses connected with the country’s diamond mining industry, saying the outcome represented “a cynical abuse of law”. A judge in Luanda yesterday issued the sentenced after finding Marques guilty […]

Proceedings moved forward in Myanmar this week in an inquest into the October 2014 death of journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, better known as Ko Par Gyi, who was killed while in military custody – an inquest that began last month without his wife’s knowledge. Moreover, it is unclear who might be charged should the proceeding […]