An attempt to rescue two Western journalists wounded in a rocket attack in Syria failed over the weekend, while efforts were apparently underway to secure the release of two Welsh journalists detained in Libya. According to news reports, Sunday Times (U.K.) photographer Paul Conroy and Le Figaro correspondent Edith Bouvier declined to be evacuated on […]

An IPI delegation has begun a visit to India, Nepal and Bangladesh to meet with representatives from a broad range of media, as well as top government officials and members of civil society. The trip will continue until March 6. “An extremely vibrant media scene, combined with a great awareness about the role of the […]

According to statistics from Serbia’s Ministry of Interior, attacks on journalists in the country have decreased in the past two years. In 2010, there were seven recorded attacks against journalists. In 2011, three cases of threats to journalists’ safety were recorded. The police have solved all of the above-mentioned cases, Serbia’s Minister of the Interior, […]

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, […]