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South Africa panel issues recommendations to improve media self-regulation

Nearly 200 journalists gathered here at the No. 4 Old Fort Women’s Prison on a day that seemed to usher in the beginning of winter to hear the much-anticipated findings of the organization charged with designing a “gold standard” regulatory system for print media. It was only a year-and-a-half ago that observers from around the […]

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SEEMO asks Kosovo president to reconsider signing penal code changes

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organsation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), on Thursday sent an official letter to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga asking her to return the recently approved Penal Code to the parliament and reconsider signing off on it. On April 20, 2012, the Kosovo parliament approved changes to […]

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SEEMO issues preview of report on Bulgarian media

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) conducted a mission to Sofia, Bulgaria, from April 1 to 4, 2012 in order to assess the latest media developments in the light of changed media ownership and reports of pressure on media. The delegation met Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and minister of interior, Tzvetan Tzvetanov, as […]

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IPI Focus: World Press Freedom Day 2012 – The story of Umar Cheema

How precious freedom is can better be explained by those who have suffered and struggled for it. This is what my personal experience dictates. On September 4, 2010, I was abducted. Before that, I was a free man roaming around without any care or caution. Even that fateful night, I was laughing in the company […]

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