The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at a spate of recent threats delivered via SMS messages to the mobile phone of journalist Milorad Bojovic from the Serbian weekly NS reporter. According to Bojovic, since Nov. 29 he has received more than 30 SMS […]

It was a beautiful fall day and the trees, as they often are in the Northeast of the United States that time of year, were in full regalia, boasting vibrant yellow, gold, red and amber in the late-afternoon sun. The day was Sept. 18, 1998, and I had just stepped onto the campus of Harvard […]

This week the International Press Institute (IPI), together with Austrian human rights film festival “this human world”, hosted a sold out screening of Jon Stewart’s debut film “Rosewater”, depicting Iran’s brutal imprisonment of acclaimed journalist Maziar Bahari. The screening was followed by a discussion with Bahari, a London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist who spent 118 days behind […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday presented Bülent Mumay, editor-in-chief of Hurriyet.com.tr with the 2013 SEEMO Human Rights Award. Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO’s secretary general, gave the award to Mumay at a ceremony at Hürriyet’s headquarters in Istanbul. SEEMO recognised Mumay for his human rights-oriented editorial […]