Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

10 years later, brazen killing of Serbian editor remains unsolved

A decade after the murder of outspoken Serbian editor Slavko Curuvija, the International Press Institute and the South East Europe Media Organisation today again called for justice for the journalist, whose killers have not been found. Curuvija was gunned down on Serbian Orthodox Easter Sunday. In the six months prior to his death, the journalist’s […]

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SEEMO/IPI condemns threats against journalists in Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the recent threats made against Slobodan Vaskovic, a journalist from Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Vaskovic received a threatening letter, signed by a group calling itself the Serbian Avengers, following reports about the Serbian Orthodox Church in his publication, Novi Magazin. According to the […]

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SEEMO/IPI condemns physical assault on TV cameraman in Kosovo

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the recent physical assault on Bojan Kosanin, a cameraman of the TV production Glas Juga and KiM Radio, in Silovo/Shilovo, Kosovo. According to information before SEEMO, on 13 March, police stopped a press vehicle carrying Marijana Simic and Bojan Kosanin, a reporter and cameraman, respectively, for […]

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SEEMO/IPI condemns accusations levelled against Makfax news agency in Macedonia

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns the recent verbal accusations levelled against the news agency Makfax by a state official in Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia/FYROM). According to information before SEEMO, on 10 March 2009, Marjan Madzovski, Cabinet Chief of the President of the Macedonian Parliament, accused Makfax of unprofessional behaviour, inaccurate news reporting, and breaching diplomatic protocol. […]

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