Media professionals in Venezuela on Monday celebrated the National Day of Journalism, against the backdrop of serious press freedom concerns, including a lack of access to official sources, violence against journalists and governmental pressure against independent media. Despite the challenges to freedom of the media, participants expressed commitment to independent reporting. “We deserve to celebrate […]

Mumbai police announced today that seven men were arrested in connection with the brutal shooting of veteran Mumbai journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. The special investigations editor at Mumbai tabloid Mid-Day was gunned down in broad daylight on 11 June. In today’s press conference, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy said that the seven men, including […]

Chinese journalist Qi Chonghuai, who has been jailed since September 2007, has been handed an additional eight-year sentence on the same charges, in breach of Chinese law. Until his detention in 2007, Qi had been working as a journalist and editor for different mainstream news media outlets, including the Fazhi Zaobao (“Legal System Morning News”), […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), supported by the Austrian Cooperation Eastern Europe – Austrian Development Agency, and in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Serbia, the International Press Institute (IPI) and the International News Safety Institute (INSI), announces its annual meeting of journalists dedicated to investigative […]