Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Jurnalul TV journalist Victor Ciobanu assaulted in Chisinau, Moldova

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the assault on Victor Ciobanu, a journalist for Jurnalul TV in Moldova. According to information received by SEEMO, on 28 July 2010 Ciobanu […]

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IPI addresses open letter to Ukrainian president over press freedom concerns

The International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation with members from the world’s leading media outlets, addressed an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday respectfully urging him to address a disturbing deterioration in press freedom over the last six months in Ukraine. President Yanukovych won election in February […]

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SEEMO/IPI press release: seemingly positive media developments in Serbia a step in right direction

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 very pleased by several positive media developments in Serbia. SEEMO salutes the decision of the High Court in Nis, in a defamation case […]

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Three suspects arrested in Mexico journalist kidnappings

Federal police in Mexico have arrested three suspected drug cartel members allegedly involved in the kidnapping of three Mexican journalists last, news reports said today. According to the Associated Press, the suspects, aged 23, 25, and 33, allegedly worked for the Sinaloa drug cartel in the city of Gomez Palacio in the Northern Mexican state […]

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