The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday released a report on the media situation in Montenegro. SEEMO conducted a press freedom mission to Podgorica, the country’s capital, from Nov. 8-10, 2011. The delegation met with Prime Minister Igor Luksic and Deputy Minister of Culture Zeljko […]

The director of a Somali radio station shut down two years ago by Al Shabab militants was killed outside his home in Mogadishu yesterday. Witnesses told Voice of America (VOA) that two unidentified men carrying pistols shot Abukar Hassan Kadaf early Tuesday evening as the journalist was returning home in the city’s southern Wadajir district. […]

At a meeting on Feb. 27 with International Press Institute members in Nepal, IPI Senior Press Freedom Adviser Barbara Trionfi said that Nepal must ensure strong constitutional guarantees for freedom of expression. The meeting was held following an International Media Mission visit to Nepal where international media and press freedom groups, including IPI, met with […]

British photographer Paul Conroy has reportedly been safely evacuated to Lebanon, while the whereabouts of French correspondent Edith Bouvier remain unconfirmed, nearly a week after the journalists were injured in an assault that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik. “We welcome the reported safe evacuation of Paul Conroy, but are deeply […]