Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

SEEMO condemns latest assault on journalist in Montenegro

Physical and verbal attacks against journalists are continuing unabated in Montenegro. The latest victim was Marko Milacic, a correspondent for the Belgrade-based daily Press in Montenegro. Milacic entered a restaurant and was told by a local businessman that he should not mention him in the media. The businessman’s bodyguard allegedly pushed Milacic and injured his […]

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News presenter killed in central Iraq

IPI called for a thorough investigation into the murder of Kamiran Salaheddin, a news presenter for Salaheddin channel, who was killed on Tuesday in Iraq, according to reports. Salaheddin, 34 or 35 depending on reports, died after a “sticky bomb” (a magnetic bomb) attached to his car exploded while he was on the way home […]

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Ten journalists wounded in Somalia suicide bombing

IPI condemns the suicide attack that took the lives of six people, including two top Somali sports officials, and seriously wounded 10 Somali journalists, according to reports. A suicide bomber blew up the newly re-opened national theatre in Somali’s troubled capital Mogadishu during a ceremony that was meant to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Somali […]

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Periodista argentino es amenazado por investigar narcotráfico

Read in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) expresó hoy su preocupación por las amenazas que ha recibido el periodista argentino Hernán Lascano, las cuales empezaron en 2010 y parecen estar aumentando de intensidad, hasta el punto de involucrar a su familia en la última amenaza escrita, enviada […]

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