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SEEMO/IPI press release: Disbelief in Serbia over court decision to dismiss charges against six people who allegedly threatened to murder TV journalist

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 a court decision to reject charges against six people who allegedly threatened to murder Serbian journalist Brankica Stankovic – a reporter for B92 TV programme […]

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Journalist killed in Honduras

A journalist was killed on Tuesday 20 April in the northern Honduras city of San Pedro Sula, taking the total number of reporters killed in the country in the past six weeks to seven. According to local media sources, Jorge Alberto Orellana, host of the program ‘En Vivo con Georgino’ at private local television station […]

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Militants release video of kidnapped journalist, retired ISI officers

The International Press Institute is deeply concerned about reports that a ransom demand has been issued for the release of Pakistani freelance journalist Asad Qureshi, who was reported missing earlier this month. Qureshi was traveling with two retired ISI operatives, Colonel Imam and Squadron Leader Khalid Khwaja, near the town of Kohat in Pakistan’s restive North […]

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Cameraman killed in Pakistan blast

A cameraman was killed, and a reporter injured, on Friday, when a bomb exploded at a hospital in Quetta, in western Pakistan. Malik Arif, a cameraman with Pakistan’s Samaa TV, was among at least 10 people killed, when a bomb exploded at the Civil Hospital in Quetta this morning. The television station said at least […]

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