Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI/SEEMO press release: SEEMO condemns brutal attack on Serbian journalist

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), strongly condemns the brutal attack on journalist Teofil Pancic of the Serbian weekly Vreme. According to information received by SEEMO, on the night of […]

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IPI denounces threats against journalists in India

The International Press Institute is concerned by reports that the media is facing harassment in India’s conflict-ridden northern and north-eastern states. In Manipur, where Indian security forces are locked in conflict with several armed separatist groups, local media have declared an indefinite cessation of publication on Friday in response to threats against S. Singlianmang Guite, […]

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IPI/SEEMO press release: Bomb attack on home of radio journalist in Kosovo municipality Zvecan

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns yesterday’s attack on Caslav Milisavljevic, Editor-in-Chief of Radio Kosovska Mitrovica, in the Kosovo municipality of Zvecan. According to information received by SEEMO, during the […]

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SIX-MONTH IPI DEATH WATCH REPORT: Americas surpass Asia as world’s most dangerous region for journalists; corruption reporting takes heavy toll

The first six months of 2010 have proved less deadly for journalists than the first half of 2009, according to the International Press Institute’s (IPI) ‘Six-Month Death Watch Report’, issued on Monday. By 30 June 2010, 38 journalists had lost their lives because of their work, compared to 43 at the same point in 2009. […]

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