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SEEMO/IPI disappointed by the decision of Moldovan authorities to stop free movement of journalists and urges an investigation of several press freedom violations on 9 and 10 April

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the excessive fine handed down 30 March 2009 by the Court in Nis, Serbia, in a defamation case against Dragana Kocic and Timosenko Milosavljevic, journalist and editor-in-chief, respectively, for the Serbian daily newspaper, Narodnih Novina. Together, the journalist and editor-in-chief must pay a fine of 1,000,000 […]

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Gambian court drops some charges against ‘Point’ editor

A Gambian court’s decision to dismiss charges of publishing false information against journalist Pap Saine was a positive step in reversing government efforts to intimidate the co-founder of a leading independent newspaper, the International Press Institute said today. But the editor of The Point still faces separate proceedings in which he is accused of falsifying citizenship documents, […]

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10 years later, brazen killing of Serbian editor remains unsolved

A decade after the murder of outspoken Serbian editor Slavko Curuvija, the International Press Institute and the South East Europe Media Organisation today again called for justice for the journalist, whose killers have not been found. Curuvija was gunned down on Serbian Orthodox Easter Sunday. In the six months prior to his death, the journalist’s […]

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Malaysia arrests bloggers, bans newspapers in fresh assaults on expression

The International Press Institute today expressed concern about recent arrests of bloggers, restrictions on news organisations and other breaches of free expression in Malaysia. In the past month, the authorities arrested six bloggers, denied several news organisations access to the dominant political party’s general assembly, and banned two opposition newspapers, according to IPI sources in […]

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