The International Press Institute (IPI) is becoming increasingly alarmed at the use of phrases calling for the prevention of the “defamation of religions” in a series of documents issued by the United Nations (UN). The phrase “defamation of religions” has its origins in a draft resolution brought before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights […]

Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, is concerned by the apparent lack of an investigation into an attack that took place against a journalist in Bethlehem in mid-August. On 18 August, unidentified assailants went to the house of Al-Mahed (Nativity) […]

H.E. Zoran Stojkovic Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia Fax: +381 11 3616 419; 685 672 H.E. Bojan Kostres President of the Parliament of Vojvodina Novi Sad, Serbia Fax: +381 21 456 141 Vienna, 27 September 2006 Your Excellencies, The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, […]

H.E. Kole Berisha President of the Assembly of Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo Fax: +381 38 211 232 26 September 2006 Your Excellency, The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe, and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), expresses its deep concern […]