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SEEMO criticises suspended sentence handed to Croatian journalist

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about the suspended jail sentence given to a Croatian journalist. According to information before SEEMO, on 2 November, the Municipal Court in […]

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IPI alarmed by defamation charges against Zambian editor

According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), on 9 November, Fred M’membe, the editor and chief executive officer (CEO) of the privately owned daily newspaper, the Post, was arrested and detained in a police station in Zambia’s capital Lusaka. The arrest came after the editor voluntarily surrendered to the authorities at the […]

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IPI worried by Ethiopian Prime Minister’s comments on private media

In an interview on 5 November, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, told a reporter from the state-owned Ethiopian Television that elements of the local and international media were guilty of “fanning” recent violence in the capital, Addis Ababa that has led to the deaths of at least 42 people. In response to a politically loaded […]

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IPI concerned about brutal treatment of Yemeni photo-journalist by local police

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, is deeply concerned about the beating of Yemeni cameraman Mujeeb Suwailih at the hands of local security forces. Suwailih, who works for the pan-Arab news channel Al-Arabiya, was filming a protest by workers at a public […]

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