Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

New attack against Montenegrin daily reported

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed by today’s arson attack against a vehicle owned by the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. At 2:30 a.m., a car marked with the name of the daily was set ablaze on a street in the Podgorica, the latest of several attacks […]

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Missing Mexican journalist found dead

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for a full and independent investigation into the death of Mexican journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, whose body was found Tuesday in an unmarked grave near Las Choapas, Veracruz state. Jiménez, a crime reporter for the newspapers NotiSUR and Liberal del Sur, had been abducted by armed assailants […]

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Mexican crime reporter missing in Veracruz

The International Press Institute (IPI) called on Mexican federal authorities to ensure the safe return of a Mexican journalist kidnapped Wednesday morning. Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, a crime reporter for the newspapers NotiSUR and Liberal del Sur was seized by a group of armed assailants after dropping his children off at school in Coatzacoalcos, […]

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Police officer allegedly attacks Bosnia and Herzegovina reporter

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today said it was concerned about reports that a police officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina struck a journalist in the head with a baton. A local police officer in Tuzla allegedly struck Branislav Pavicic of RTV Slon yesterday near the […]

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