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UPDATE: Ukraine puts a halt to plan to re-criminalise defamation

The sponsor of a bill before Ukraine’s parliament that would re-criminalise defamation has said that he will withdraw the bill from consideration, at least until after parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 28, Reuters reported today. Reuters said the Interfax news agency quoted Vitaly Zhuravsky as commenting: “Having weighed up all the circumstances and acting in […]

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SEEMO: Serbian correspondent threatened

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about continuing threats against journalist Vladimir Mitric, a correspondent of the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in Loznica, in western Serbia. Mitric was threatened again on Sept. 15 despite being under 24-hour police protection. The veteran journalist […]

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Gambian journalists charged with seditious intention and conspiracy to commit a felony

Gambian journalist Babucarr Ceesay now faces a charge of “seditious publication”, in addition to the charge of “conspiring to commit a felony” levelled against him and fellow journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan earlier this week, local journalists told IPI. IPI is concerned that the charges may be designed to punish these journalists for criticising the government. The […]

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IPI renews demand for release of three foreign journalists in Syria

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Syrian authorities to guarantee the well-being of three foreign journalists whose whereabouts remain a mystery after more than a month. Syrian authorities earlier this month denied holding U.S.-funded Arabic-language satellite station Al Hurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin whose location remains unknown. He […]

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