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SEEMO condemns attack on Kosovo reporter

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned an attack on Kosovo journalist Halil Matoshi, who told Kosovo KTV that three unidentified men beat him on July 10. Matoshi, a commentator with the daily newspaper Koha Ditore, was attacked as he returned to his home […]

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Oil, Gas & Media Conference to gather leading global industry experts

Organised by the International Press Institute (IPI), this groundbreaking event will bring together leading oil and gas journalists, financial and business reporters, and major oil and gas industry experts, analysts and stakeholders to explore how public opinion, freedom of information, media relations and social media all intersect with the oil and gas industry. The international […]

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IFEX-TMG salutes work of INRIC as media freedom body shuts down over obstruction

The International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, is deeply concerned by the prevailing uncertainty and obstruction that have led the National Authority to Reform Information and Communication (INRIC) to end its work. IFEX-TMG members are disturbed by the closure of INRIC, the repeated failures of the […]

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Gambia: Daily Observer correspondent arrested

The distressing string of journalist arrests continues in Gambia, as Sidiq Asemota, senior legal correspondent for the Daily Observer, was jailed on Tuesday on unknown charges. Asemota was arrested while covering court affairs for the paper. According to the Daily Observer’s own reports, Asemota believes the jailing is in connection to a story about the […]

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