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Guatemalan journalist gunned down outside radio station

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned yesterday’s murder of Guatemalan radio journalist Jesús Lima, the third journalist killed in the country since the beginning of 2013. Lima, a 68-year old veteran broadcast journalist, was pronounced dead at the scene after unknown assailants shot him twice in Zacapa City, eastern province of Zacapa, on Aug. […]

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Turkish court sentences nearly two dozen journalists to prison

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed alarm over a Turkish court’s convictions of journalists in connection with the alleged “Ergenekon” coup plot. A special court set up at the Silivri Prison west of Istanbul yesterday convicted all but 21 of the 275 defendants implicated […]

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SEEMO concerned at Greek refusal to grant entry to journalists

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), is concerned at the Greek authorities apparent denial of entry to a certain number of journalists. The case of Ivana Kosovska, foreign policy editor of the […]

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Afghan radio station shut down

An Afghan radio station that has sought to highlight women’s issues has reportedly been shut down by local authorities in northern Sar-e-Pul province, allegedly for lacking “requisite documents and professionalism.” However, the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), a member of the IFEX global network for freedom of expression, has said that Radio Saday-e-Bano (Voice of Woman) […]

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