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Urgent protection required after assassination threats against Montenegro journalist Olivera Lakić

The International Pres Institute (IPI) today joined its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) to write to the Prime Minister of Montenegro and other government and security officials to call for urgent police protection following assassination threats against journalist Olivera Lakić. ———————————————————— To, Prime Minister, Zdravko Krivokapić, Deputy Prime Minister, Dritan Abazović Minister […]

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MFRR welcomes dropping of defamation action against French journalist Inès Léraud

On 22 January 2021, Jean Chéritel, the CEO of the Chéritel group, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler in the Brittany region of France, dropped his defamation action against freelance investigative journalist, Inès Léraud. The legal threat related to Léraud’s investigation, published in Basta! on 26 March 2019, which shed light on alleged illegal practices of […]

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IPI denounces intimidation of N1 TV journalist Jelena Zorić in Serbia

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for an immediate end to the pressure and intimidation against N1 TV journalist Jelena Zorić by the defense lawyer in a major drug trial in Serbia. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, also called on the lawyer, Svetislav Bojić, to […]

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“Turkish Tragedy Continues”: After 28 years, still no justice for murder of Uğur Mumcu

The International Press Institute (IPI) commemorates deeply respected Turkish investigative journalist Uğur Mumcu who was assassinated 28 years ago. On January 24, 1993, Mumcu was killed in front of his house in Ankara after a bomb that had been placed in his car exploded. The assassination was claimed by a series of fundamentalist groups.

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