Turkish journalists marked World Press Freedom Day on Sunday with a march calling for people to “stand up for journalism”, saying that the fight for press freedom is “the struggle of every citizen that misses a free and democratic Turkey”. “[F]reedom is the oxygen of journalism, and free journalism is the assurance of democracy”, prominent […]

Myanmar journalist Soe Yarzar Tun stood up from the crowd wearing a mask and holding a placard reading “Stop beating, arresting, imprisoning journalists”, interrupting Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as he spoke. It was March 27 – just one month ago – and the information minister was speaking at the first day of the International […]

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), in special partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)’s Media Program South East Europe, have opened a call for applications for the 2015 CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The Call […]

The Slovene Association of Journalists (DNS) today launched a campaign, supported by the International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), to reform Slovenia’s defamation laws as well as criminal provisions related to the publication of classified information. The campaign was announced during a joint press conference with DNS […]