H.E. Dragan Jocic Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia Fax: +381 11 3617 814 Vienna, 13 September 2006 Your Excellency, The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about the worsening situation for journalists in Serbia and Croatia. In Serbia, SEEMO has registered the following attacks and threats against journalists, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the situation of the Permsky Obozrevatel independent business weekly newspaper, based in the city of Perm, which has reportedly suffered repeated harassment in recent months. According to information before IPI, on 2 August, more than 20 armed men wearing camouflage uniforms and masks stormed the office of […]

Based on information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), there are renewed concerns about press freedom in Azerbaijan. Shahin Agabayli, editor-in-chief of the weekly opposition newspaper Milli Yol, was arrested on 9 August and tried on 10 August on four charges. Agabayli was sentenced to a year in prison for allegedly insulting and blackmailing […]