The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the alleged assault on a television crew from Belgrade-based Studio B TV. On Feb. 22, 2012, reporters from Studio B were filming in the downtown area of the Serbian capital when a person approached and threatened them, […]

Two foreign journalists and a Syrian videographer have been killed by mortar shells in the Syrian city of Homs, where areas of the city have been under siege since the beginning of the month, news reports say. Marie Colvin of the London-based Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed when a rocket […]

A freelance journalist who had investigated illegal mining activity, his wife and their two children were found brutally murdered in their home in India’s Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday night. Indian national media reported that Chandrika Rai, his wife, Durga, and their children, Jalaj (19) and Nisha (17) had been killed with a sharp object […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned over a recent wave of press-freedom violations against Palestinian journalists at the hands of both Israeli forces and Palestinian security services. Since the beginning of 2012, at least five journalists working in the Palestinian Territories have been subjected to arbitrary arrest and a further two have seen their […]