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Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns pressures exerted on the daily newspaper "Borba" after publication of the information about the decision made by the Government of Serbia to pay one million dollars to ensure that the trial of Miladin Kovacevic, accused of inflicting injuries on American student Brian Steinhauer, will be held ... [more]

IFJ Hits Out over Arrest and Detention of Journalists in Palestine The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the "unjustified" detention of journalists by the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services. The latest case of this media repression concerns the case of Isam Al Remawi, a cameraman with the Palestine News and ... [more]

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) protests against another delay in appointment of members of the Council of the Republic Broadcasting Agency after the mandates of two of its members have already expired. It has been announced at the web site of the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia that the procedure of appointment of the RBA ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) has reaffirmed its commitment to defend the interests of journalists in Palestine and Israel in response to concerns expressed by its affiliate the National Federation of Israel Journalists (NFIJ) that recent actions in carrying out a mission to Gaza and IFJ statements over the crisis have not adequately taken ... [more]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute, is deeply concerned over recent death threats made against journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to information received by SEEMO, Bakir Hedziomerovic, ... [more]

Foreign journalists are now being let into war-ravaged Gaza, only after Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire, IFEX members report. The Israeli authorities said journalists would be free to enter and leave Gaza starting on 23 January - two days before the Israeli Supreme Court was to declare the restrictions illegal, as requested by the Foreign Press Association. ... [more]

Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) has condemned the recent attack on the Pescanik Internet site in its today’s official statement. Pescanik is an independent production house producing the radio programme with the same title, broadcasted on Radio B92, an ANEM member station, since 2000. ANEM has also demanded the immediate investigation of ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the United Nations to investigate targeting of media by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and to take action against Israel where it has violated international law and a Security Council resolution on protection of media in conflict zones. The IFJ has called on all of its affiliates, regional ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the arrest of two Palestinian journalists from Gaza who are detained by Israeli military authorities since 5 January 2009 . "We demand that these journalists who are being unlawfully detained are released immediately," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. "Israel has no legitimate ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today announced that it plans to organise a wide ranging investigation into Israeli actions against media during the current conflict in Gaza after another building housing media organisations was struck this morning by Israeli missiles. "We are witnessing in Gaza unprecedented and deliberate attacks on ... [more]

The Vienna-based 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), is deeply concerned about efforts by the Orthodox Church in the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to prevent certain media ... [more]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about the current media environment in Kosovo, marked by a recent string of brutal attacks against journalists and other press freedom ... [more]

On Saturday, January 24, the authors of Pescanik radio show, Svetlana Lukic and Svetlana Mesarovic and members of their team, put a statement on their Internet portal informing the public that contents of their Internet presentation is currently unavailable due to synchronized hackers’ attacks from various locations. Radio show Pescanik has been aired on Radio ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of Arab Journalists and a number of journalists' leaders from Europe and the Arab world have concluded a two-day emergency mission to Gaza with a call for urgent action to improve the safety of journalists and media in the region. "The Israeli army has left the scene after three weeks of turmoil ... [more]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today strongly rebutted claims from political leaders in Gaza that it was biased in its claims of Hamas interference and intimidation of journalists. In a statement issued yesterday, Hamas accused the IFJ of "baseless statements" and "unacceptable partiality" following its comments after a two-day mission of ... [more]

The Vienna-based 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), is concerned about the continuous pressure exerted on Denis Latin, editor and host of the television programme, Latinica, by the management of the Croatian ... [more]

To our great satisfaction, we proudly announce that in the course of recent month, media company B92 had many reasons for celebration. Namely, Radio Television B92 has been presented with various awards in different fields of its business operations: On November 16, 2008, B92 journalist, Brankica Stankovic was presented with SEEMO Award Dr Erhard Busek, 2008 ... [more]

B92 won in almost every category of the Status magazine poll in which journalists pick the best media house, journalists, and shows. Danica Vucenic of the B92 radio show "Kaziprst" (Index finger) was named best journalist of 2008, and B92 took first place in the categories of radio (radio shows "Morning radio programme Dizanje", "Index finger" and "Hourglass"), ... [more]

Israel's Ministry of Defence has reinstated a ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip, despite protests from IFEX members and the heads of major news organisations, and an appeal to the Supreme Court. The ban was lifted on 4 December after weeks of media protests, but was re-imposed the following day as part of a wider closure of the Gaza border ... [more]