The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI,) on Tuesday condemned the physical attack on Csaba Szögi, a journalist with Képes Ifjúsá, the youth supplement of the Hungarian-language daily Magyar Szó, based in Novi Sad, Serbia. Szögi was beaten on 15 April 2011 by several individuals who […]

Brazilian broadcast journalist Luciano Pedrosa, 46, was killed on Saturday in Vitoria de Santo Antao in Brazil, according to reports. Pedrosa, who worked for Metro FM and as a presenter on Vitoria TV, covered crime and news about local authorities, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and local news reports. He had received regular […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a car bomb attack last week on Cypriot journalist Mutlu Esendemir in Nicosia in northern Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika reported that Ensendemir, a member of the group of directors of Kanal T television, suffered minor injuries to his right heel after an improvised explosive device left under […]

UPDATE 8.04.11: Four journalists have been detained by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Qaddafi this week, according to multiple news reports yesterday. According to The Atlantic and other reports, Atlantic reporter Clare Morgana Gillis was detained near the rebel-held city of Brega along with James Foley of the Global Post online, Spanish photographer Manu Brabo […]