The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the recent threats made against Slobodan Vaskovic, a journalist from Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Vaskovic received a threatening letter, signed by a group calling itself the Serbian Avengers, following reports about the Serbian Orthodox Church in his publication, Novi Magazin. According to the […]

Jacob Weisberg, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Slate Group, New York spoke to IPI’s Nayana Jayarajan about the ongoing transformation within the news industry. Click player to hear the interview. INTERVIEW: IPI: Is the growth of online media a challenge or an opportunity for broadcast news? Jacob Weisberg: I think it is a challenge economically, I think it’s an opportunity editorially, […]

The International Press Institute today urged Gambian authorities to drop all charges against Pap Saine, managing editor of The Point daily newspaper who faces two separate court proceedings and is due back in court on Wednesday. On Monday, senior Magistrate Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay of Kanifing Magistrates Court adjourned the trial involving charges of publishing false information until 30 […]

Six years after Cuba’s notorious “Primavera Negra” (Black Spring) crackdown on journalists and other accused dissenters, the country continues to trample on free expression and remains a leading jailer of journalists, with more than 20 reporters and news managers behind bars. On the eve of the Primavera Negra anniversary, the International Press Institute’s Justice Denied Campaign urged […]