The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on Moldova’s authorities to bring to justice the individuals who severely beat cameraman Vladmir Vivaci. On 5 May 2012, the camera operator working for the Omega news agency was beaten by four men who stepped out of a […]

The op-ed below was first published on 3 May 2012, World Press Freedom Day. Reporters Targeted in Record Numbers and Brutal Ways By Alison Bethel McKenzie, IPI Executive Director How to kill a journalist: Behead; gun down; throw, with hands and feet bound, from a seventh-floor window; torture to death; blow up; deny medical care […]

The Vienna-based South East Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned by the latest pressures and threats exerted on the media by the Greek Golden Dawn party. The party, commonly described as a radical, right-wing party, obtained 6.9 percent of the votes, or 21 out of 300 seats in […]

Media activists in Syria have often been vilified for manipulating the news coverage in their YouTube broadcasts. While I agree that these cameramen cannot be seen as quality journalists in the traditional sense of the word, we should not forget the important role they play in keeping the international world focused on their country. Today, […]