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IPI/SEEMO press release: Bomb attack on home of radio journalist in Kosovo municipality Zvecan

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns yesterday’s attack on Caslav Milisavljevic, Editor-in-Chief of Radio Kosovska Mitrovica, in the Kosovo municipality of Zvecan. According to information received by SEEMO, during the […]

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IPI urges U.S State Department to reverse decision to deny Colombian journalist’s visa

The International Press Institute urges the U.S State Department to reconsider its decision to deny a visa to independent Colombian journalist Hollman Morris. Morris, who was awarded the prestigious  Nieman Fellowship to spend a year at Harvard University, was informed on 16 June that his visa had been rejected under the Patriot Act (2001) because […]

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SIX-MONTH IPI DEATH WATCH REPORT: Americas surpass Asia as world’s most dangerous region for journalists; corruption reporting takes heavy toll

The first six months of 2010 have proved less deadly for journalists than the first half of 2009, according to the International Press Institute’s (IPI) ‘Six-Month Death Watch Report’, issued on Monday. By 30 June 2010, 38 journalists had lost their lives because of their work, compared to 43 at the same point in 2009. […]

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IPI/ SEEMO press release: Greek journalist Sokratis Giolias shot to death

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), strongly condemn the murder of Sokratis Giolias, director of the radio station Thema 98.9 FM and administrator of the most popular social and political Greek blog, “Troktiko.” According to information received by SEEMO, during the early morning of 19 July 2010, an […]

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