Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI/SEEMO condemns alleged mistreatment of journalists by lieutenant

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the alleged mistreatment of a reporter and cameraman working for KohaVision in Decan/Decani in Kosovo, by Lieutenant Sejde Krasniqi. According to information received […]

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IPI General Assembly passes resolutions on debate-filled second day of World Congress

Members of the International Press Institute on Monday unanimously passed 10 press freedom-related resolutions, during the global press freedom organisation’s 59th General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The resolutions covered: a call for the release of journalists in Iran; a call on the Ukrainian authorities to end impunity and allow independent television stations to operate; a […]

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Klan Kosova Television journalist and cameraman attacked in Kosovo

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI) is alarmed by the recent attack on Klan Kosova Television journalist Valentina Ahmeti and cameraman Arben Restelica, in the town of Ferizaj/Urosevac. According to […]

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British-Pakistani journalist held captive in Pakistan since March released

British-Pakistani journalist Asad Qureshi, who was kidnapped in March in Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has been released, according to the British High Commission in the country, news reports said on Thursday. The High Commission did not release more information, except to say he was receiving consular assistance. Qureshi was abducted from the tribal areas around […]

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