Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

SEEMO condemns continuing violence against journalists in Northern Cyprus

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns the continuing violence and attacks against journalists in Northern Cyprus and urges the authorities to find the perpetrators of all the acts of aggression. On 18 May 2011, police used violence to disperse a protest organized in North Nicosia […]

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Austrian-South African photographer believed dead

An Austrian-South African freelance photographer is believed dead after being shot and abandoned by forces of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, the journalist’s family said in a statement on 20 May, according to Reuters. Anton Hammerl went missing over a month ago while covering fighting near the city of Brega in eastern Libya. The Libyan authorities, […]

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SEEMO demands legislative changes, better protection for Serbian journalists

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is disappointed with a Serbian court’s decision to sentence to only ten months house arrest a person who beat up B92 TV cameraman Bosko Brankovic, breaking his leg, injuring his shoulder and destroying his camera. The light sentence has […]

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Editor killed in Northern Dagestan

Journalist Yakhya Magomedov of the Russian Islamic newspaper As-Salam was killed on 8 May in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russian media outlet RIA Novosti reported. He was shot four times near the northern city of Khasavyurt at around 22:30, media freedom observers reported. His death follows an attack on 5 May against Magomed […]

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