The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation, opened its annual World Congress on Saturday with a reception at the Hotel Savoyen, Vienna. The Congress, which will mark 60 years since the founding of the organisation, will see over 360 participants from 62 countries join the four-day programme.  Under the […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI) is alarmed by the recent attack on Klan Kosova Television journalist Valentina Ahmeti and cameraman Arben Restelica, in the town of Ferizaj/Urosevac. According to […]

British-Pakistani journalist Asad Qureshi, who was kidnapped in March in Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has been released, according to the British High Commission in the country, news reports said on Thursday. The High Commission did not release more information, except to say he was receiving consular assistance. Qureshi was abducted from the tribal areas around […]

The first trials relating to the Philippines’ worst-ever political massacre – in which 32 journalists were also slain – started today. A total of 57 people were slaughtered in the southern province of Maguindanao in November 2009. The 32 journalists were part of a convoy intercepted by over 100 gunmen at a roadside checkpoint in […]