Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Sarajevo-based magazine targeted in arson attack

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about a fire started in front of the office of the weekly Slobodna Bosna in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fire started at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday, when no staff members of the […]

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IPI director condemns Egypt’s ‘efforts to silence news organisations’

Underscoring the challenges facing journalists in Egypt, International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie today urged Cairo to live up to its international commitments to press freedom. McKenzie, speaking in Geneva on a panel discussing the crackdown on news media during the recent turmoil in Egypt, pressed the military-backed government to free jailed […]

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Bulgarian journalist’s car burned in suspected arson

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about a reported attack on a vehicle owned by Genka Shikerova, co-host of the morning show “Tazi Sutrin” (This Morning) on bTV, a private national television channel in Bulgaria. Shikerova’s car was set on fire on Monday […]

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Increasing number of journalists kidnapped in Syria

While world leaders await action from Syria on surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, at least nine foreign journalists and numerous Syrian journalists have been kidnapped or remain missing inside the country since fighting began in 2011, research from the International Press Institute (IPI) shows. The number of journalists kidnapped every year has increased since the beginning […]

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