Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Journalist assaulted in Montenegro

The South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the latest physical attack on a journalist in Montenegro. On Friday evening in the town of Niksic, an unknown assailant attacked daily newspaper Dan correspondent Lidija Nikcevic in the street, repeatedly striking her in the head with a stick […]

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Bomb attack targets Montenegro journalists

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at a recent bomb attack targeting journalists from the daily Vijesti in Podgorica, Montenegro. The explosion happened on Thursday at approximately 11:30 p.m. under windows of the office of Vijesti’s editor-in-chief, Mihailo Jovovic, causing material damage to […]

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Serbian journalists targeted at polling place

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concerned about threats that prevented journalists in Serbia from reporting on local elections. Local sources told SEEMO that individuals in Backi Gracac, in the country’s north, tried to attack Biljana Gavric and Lazar Vukadinovic from Belgrade’s Prva TV, […]

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Greek journalists attacked in Athens

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at the latest violent attack on a journalist and cameraman in Greece, and the reaction by police to the incident. On Monday, supporters of the far-right Popular Association – Golden Dawn party allegedly beat Greek journalist Panagiotis […]

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