The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the death of a radio journalist whose station was supportive of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. Sylvain Gagnetaud, an editor and presenter at Radio Yopougon, was detained during fighting between pro-Gbagbo militia and forces supporting recently-elected president, Alassane Ouattara, some time around 8 May, Reporters Without Borders […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]