The International Press Institute and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today welcomed the passage of seminal legislation in Mexico designed to combat the almost complete impunity in cases of crimes committed against the country’s journalists. The changes to the Federal Code on Penal Procedure, among other statutes – all of which […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned an attack on Mufail Limani, editor-in-chief of the Kosovo public broadcaster Radio Television Kosovo (RTK). In the early morning hours yesterday, the entrance door of Limani’s private house was set on fire with a gas tank that exploded. […]

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year on May 3, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced the winners of its 2013 World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer Awards. Two journalists – American reporter Marie Colvin and Japanese photojournalist Mika Yamamoto – are the posthumous recipients of IPI’s 2013 World Press Freedom […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about the recent physical attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a journalist for Kosovo public broadcaster RTK. Bimbashi was brutally beaten on Monday at around 12:50 pm on “Sumadija” Square in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. He was attacked […]