The International Press Institute today urged Gambian authorities to drop all charges against Pap Saine, managing editor of The Point daily newspaper who faces two separate court proceedings and is due back in court on Wednesday. On Monday, senior Magistrate Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay of Kanifing Magistrates Court adjourned the trial involving charges of publishing false information until 30 […]

Six years after Cuba’s notorious “Primavera Negra” (Black Spring) crackdown on journalists and other accused dissenters, the country continues to trample on free expression and remains a leading jailer of journalists, with more than 20 reporters and news managers behind bars. On the eve of the Primavera Negra anniversary, the International Press Institute’s Justice Denied Campaign urged […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the recent physical assault on Bojan Kosanin, a cameraman of the TV production Glas Juga and KiM Radio, in Silovo/Shilovo, Kosovo. According to information before SEEMO, on 13 March, police stopped a press vehicle carrying Marijana Simic and Bojan Kosanin, a reporter and cameraman, respectively, for […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns the recent verbal accusations levelled against the news agency Makfax by a state official in Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia/FYROM). According to information before SEEMO, on 10 March 2009, Marjan Madzovski, Cabinet Chief of the President of the Macedonian Parliament, accused Makfax of unprofessional behaviour, inaccurate news reporting, and breaching diplomatic protocol. […]