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Montenegrin journalist targeted in car bombing

Police in Montenegro say they believe that a car bomb that exploded in front of the home of Montenegrin journalist Sead Sadiković on April 1 was a targeted threat. Sadiković, a journalist known for a critical weekly show on TV Vijesti and for his reporting on corruption and organized crime in Montenegro, escaped the explosion […]

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IPI welcomes India’s decision to rescind ‘fake news’ decree

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today welcomed the decision by the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, to rescind a policy issued by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that would have deprived journalists of government accreditation for publishing what it termed “fake news”. The Information […]

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As elections loom, stakes are raised for Hungarian media

On April 8, Hungarians will head to the polls in parliamentary elections touted as a matter of life and death by almost all of the country’s political actors. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his governing Fidesz party claim there is no less at stake than the future of Christian Europe, while many in the opposition […]

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Groups condemn Turkey’s seizure of pro-Kurdish daily

The undersigned international press freedom groups call on Turkish authorities to immediately release the 12 printworkers and staff arrested on March 28 at the premises and print works of the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and the further 15 staff taken into custody after home raids on the morning of March 29, 2018. Authorities must also restore […]

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