Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI concerned at alleged death threats against Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho, 48, was threatened twice last month, according to news reports. On 14 June, the foundation which carries her name, based in Madrid, received an email warning Cacho to “keep her mouth shut” or she would be killed. Only three days later she received an anonymous phone call […]

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SEEMO condemns latest attack on Montenegrin daily Vijesti

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the latest attack on the Montenegrin daily newspaper Vijesti. On 14 July 2011, two clearly-marked company cars were torched right across the street from the National Security Agency. An unidentified person poured gasoline on the cars and set […]

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IPI calls for transparent investigation into attacks on journalists in Chiapas, Mexico

The International Press Institute (IPI) urges the authorities to conduct a transparent investigation into recent attacks against, and harassment of, journalists in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in the southern part of the country. Jacobo Elnecavé Luttman, 31, has been in critical condition for almost three weeks after six individuals brutally beat him on 19 […]

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SEEMO condemns attack in Northern Cyprus

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the second shooting attack this year on journalists working for Afrika, a Turkish-language newspaper in Northern Cyprus. An armed man came to Afrika’s office on 3 July looking for its editor-in-chief, Sener Levent, and fired a shot […]

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