The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about continuing threats against journalist Vladimir Mitric, a correspondent of the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in Loznica, in western Serbia. Mitric was threatened again on Sept. 15 despite being under 24-hour police protection. The veteran journalist […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Syrian authorities to guarantee the well-being of three foreign journalists whose whereabouts remain a mystery after more than a month. Syrian authorities earlier this month denied holding U.S.-funded Arabic-language satellite station Al Hurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin whose location remains unknown. He […]

Deutsch The International Press Institute (IPI)’s German National Committee today condemned Belarusian police officers’ detention of a number of journalists on Tuesday and the officers’ reported beating of some of the journalists. RFE/RL reported that plainclothes police officers in Minsk detained journalists from Reuters, AP and Germany’s ZDF television – as well as journalists from […]

Read this article in English Einem Bericht der ZDF-Korrespondentin Anne Gellinek auf heute.de zufolge gehen die Behörden in Weißrussland mit Gewalt gegen Journalisten vor, die über die bevorstehenden Parlamentswahlen berichten wollen. Ihr selbst sei ein Visum verweigert worden, um sie an der Arbeit zu hindern. Mitarbeiter ihres Teams seien bei Fernsehaufnahmen von jungen Oppositionellen zu […]