Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Recording said to capture Guyanese official’s chilling message for newspaper

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed deep concern over a recorded phone call in which a person identified as the attorney general of Guyana appeared to suggest that staff members of the daily Kaieteur News risked deadly reprisal if the paper continued its critical reporting. On Oct. 28, Kaieteur News published the recording and […]

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Respected Mexican editor found dead

Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, a journalist and editor of the weekly online news site Nueva Prensa, was found dead last week in the north-western state of Sinaloa, considered one of Mexico’s most violent regions. The remains of Gamboa Urías, 39, were found riddled with gunshots in a rural village near the city of Los Mochis, […]

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SEEMO alarmed by assault on journalist in Kosovo

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today expressed alarm at the attempted murder of journalist Milot Hasimja yesterday at a television studio in Kosovo. Local reports said that a man entered the newsroom of the headquarters of private broadcaster Klan Kosova in Pristina and repeatedly stabbed Hasimja in the head and neck as the […]

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VIII South East Europe Media Forum to be held Oct. 16-18 in Skopje

The South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Central European Initiative (CEI) announce the VIII South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF), to be held Oct. 16-18, 2014 in Skopje. The event will bring together media CEOs, […]

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