Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader who was shot dead in January 2009, has been posthumously declared an IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Wickrematunge, one of the most persistent critics of both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) militants, was shot by unknown assailants near the Sri […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the attack on TV SKAT in Bulgaria. On 3 February 2010, the premises of the Varna office of Bulgarian TV SKAT were attacked with a Molotov cocktail, following a similar attack on the head office of TV SKAT in Burgas just one day previously, on 2 February […]

The Office of the President of Ghana is giving “serious attention” to allegations that Ghanaian journalist James Donkor was mistreated by police, following a 19 November IPI letter addressed to H.E. President John Evans Atta Mills. In a 28 January letter to IPI, the Head of Mission of the Ghanaian Embassy in Vienna, H.E. Mr. […]

On 2 February 2010, in the hall of the Serbian Parliament, Minister Mrkonjic, according to several sources, assaulted Kurir journalist Milan Ladjevic. Serbian media reported that the Minister slapped the journalist’s face as he talked to fellow journalists. The minister also verbally attacked the journalist with obscene language. Later, when asked about the case, Minister […]