Protesters and policemen allegedly assaulted numerous reporters covering peaceful anti-government protests that degenerated into violence in Bucharest between 15 and 16 January. It appeared that the journalists were deliberate targets. Catalin Lupasteanu, from the Mediafax news agency, said that he was beaten up by the police although he shouted: “Press! Press!” Several employees of Bucharest-based […]

A court ruling yesterday sentenced a man convicted of involvement in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink to life in prison. Media-rights groups and other observers, however, strongly denounced the subsequent acquittal of the man, Yasin Hayal, and several co-defendants on charges they acted on orders from a terrorist organisation. According to Turkish media, […]

The statement below was issued by the Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of over 20 free expression and press freedom organizations including IPI that are grouped under the umbrella of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX). IFEX-TMG calls for recent public media appointments to be revoked and for journalists’ protection (IFEX-TMG) – 16 January […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned alleged police violence against Kosovo freelance photojournalist Vedat Xhymshiti. On Saturday 14 January, the reporter was covering clashes between demonstrators and Kosovo police near the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, when he was allegedly struck […]