Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Serbian authorities eject TV crew from city hall

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned reported threats against journalists by city hall staff in the southern Serbian city of Nis. According to local sources, on Aug. 6 city hall security ejected a TV crew from local Nis-based TV Belle Amie. A video recorded […]

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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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Numerous Ukrainian journalists attacked in recent weeks

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today called on Ukrainian authorities to conduct swift, transparent and thorough investigations into a number of attacks on journalists in recent weeks and to bring the perpetrators to justice. At least five journalists in Ukraine have said that they were […]

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Intimidation, cyber attacks allegedly threaten Antiguan investigative news site

The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply alarmed to hear that the editors of the Antiguan investigative news site Caribarena have left Antigua and Barbuda reportedly due to fear for their family’s safety. The editors, a husband and wife, told IPI that they and their children had been threatened and harassed and their home vandalised […]

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