An Istanbul court today agreed that Ogun Samast, the suspected gunman in the murder of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, can be tried in juvenile court because he was 17 years old at the time of the shooting, news reports said. Hrant Dink, founder of Agos newspaper and an ethnic Armenian, wrote extensively on the killings […]

The South and 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), is deeply alarmed by alleged threats received by TV B92 journalist Sonja Kamenkovic from Zajecar, Serbia. According to information received by SEEMO, since […]

A Slovenian journalist was allegedly threatened with death on Sunday 10 October by a prominent Ljubljana-based businessman after investigating his company, the journalist told the International Press Institute on Thursday. Jaka Elikan, a reporter for Slovene business daily Finance, had been conducting investigations into Electa, a company owned by Jure Jankovic, son of Ljubljana mayor Zoran […]

Worrisome press freedom trends in Kazakhstan were discussed at a press briefing organised today in Vienna, Austria, by the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), just under a month after the launch of a CPJ report titled “Disdaining press freedom, Kazakhstan undermines OSCE”. Opening the meeting, IPI Press Freedom and […]