The International Press Institute (IPI) is highly concerned at reports that Turkish police today detained more journalists, including IPI World Press Freedom Hero Nedim Sener, as part of a controversial probe into an alleged plot to overthrow the government. Reuters reported that arrest warrants had been issued for 11 people – including Sener, journalist Ahmet […]

The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the gun attack and death threat against Turkish-Cypriot journalist Sener Levent, editor of the  newspaper Afrika. On 25 February 2011, unknown attackers […]

European and US diplomats in Beijing, as well as journalists’ groups around the world, have strongly criticised China’s latest clampdown on journalists. “It is unacceptable that journalists are harassed and manhandled while seeking to cover a peaceful protest -which ultimately did not even take place,” said IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie. “Journalists working in China […]

The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned over proposed amendments limiting the currently unrestricted public access to the Business Registry of Bulgaria’s Registry Agency. The amendments are expected […]