IPI Condemns Bomb Attacks on Nigeria Newspapers Explosions at Two Newspaper Buildings [1] People stand at the entrance to the destroyed building of This Day newspaper after a bomb blast in its premises in Abuja April 26, 2012. The office of Nigeria’s This Day newspaper in the northern city of Kaduna was bombed on Thursday, […]
IPI Condemns Bomb Attacks on Nigeria Newspapers
Explosions at Two Newspaper Buildings
[1] People stand at the entrance to the destroyed building of
This Day newspaper after a bomb blast in its premises in Abuja April
26, 2012. The office of Nigeria’s This Day newspaper in the northern
city of Kaduna was bombed on Thursday, security sources said, the same
day a bomber killed at least three people in the paper’s building in
the capital Abuja.REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The International Press Institute (IPI), a
global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists,
condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s bomb attacks on
Nigerian newspaper buildings.
A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of
ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, killing at least six people, while a bomb
was thrown at a building housing the offices of The Sun, ThisDay and
The Moment in Kaduna, according to the Associated Press and other
reports.
IPI called on the Nigerian police and security forces to carry out a
thorough investigation into the attacks and ensure that whoever is
behind them is prosecuted.
Read the full story on our website. [2]
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SEEMO Issues Preview of Report on Bulgarian Media
Full Report on April 1 to 4 Press Freedom Mission to Sofia to Follow
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Media
Organisation (SEEMO) conducted a mission to Sofia, Bulgaria, from
April 1 to 4, 2012 in order to assess the latest media developments in
the light of changed media ownership and reports of pressure on media.
The delegation met Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and minister of
interior, Tzvetan Tzvetanov, as well as over 25 editors-in-chief,
leading journalists, media experts and NGO representatives.
The Bulgarian media scene has been profoundly transformed during the
past three years, since the German-based media group Westdeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) retreated from the country’s market in
2010. Media Group Bulgaria Holding has bought WAZ publications. On the
other hand, the New Bulgarian Media Group began acquiring numerous
publications in 2007. Both groups own numerous media outlets and
control a large share of the print market. While the former appears to
be associated with the pharmaceutical industry, among other business
interests, the latter is reportedly related to one government-trusted
bank.
Read the full story on our website. [3]
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SEEMO Asks Kosovo President to Reconsider Signing Penal Code Changes
Group Makes Request in Official Letter
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Media
Organsation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute
(IPI), on Thursday sent an official letter to Kosovo President Atifete
Jahjaga asking her to return the recently approved Penal Code to the
parliament and reconsider signing off on it.
On April 20, 2012, the Kosovo parliament approved changes to the Penal
Code and included two controversial articles, 37 and 38, that could
seriously hamper press freedom.
Read the full story on our website. [4]
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IPI Condemns Bomb Attacks on Nigeria Newspapers
Explosions at Two Newspaper Buildings
People stand at the entrance to the destroyed building of This Day newspaper after a bomb blast in its premises in Abuja April 26, 2012. The office of Nigeria’s This Day newspaper in the northern city of Kaduna was bombed on Thursday, security sources said, the same day a bomber killed at least three people in the paper’s building in the capital Abuja.REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists, condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s bomb attacks on Nigerian newspaper buildings.
A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, killing at least six people, while a bomb was thrown at a building housing the offices of The Sun , ThisDay and The Moment in Kaduna, according to the Associated Press and other reports.
IPI called on the Nigerian police and security forces to carry out a thorough investigation into the attacks and ensure that whoever is behind them is prosecuted.
Read the full story on our website.
SEEMO Issues Preview of Report on Bulgarian Media
Full Report on April 1 to 4 Press Freedom Mission to Sofia to Follow
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) conducted a mission to Sofia, Bulgaria, from April 1 to 4, 2012 in order to assess the latest media developments in the light of changed media ownership and reports of pressure on media. The delegation met Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and minister of interior, Tzvetan Tzvetanov, as well as over 25 editors-in-chief, leading journalists, media experts and NGO representatives. The Bulgarian media scene has been profoundly transformed during the past three years, since the German-based media group Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) retreated from the country’s market in 2010. Media Group Bulgaria Holding has bought WAZ publications. On the other hand, the New Bulgarian Media Group began acquiring numerous publications in 2007. Both groups own numerous media outlets and control a large share of the print market. While the former appears to be associated with the pharmaceutical industry, among other business interests, the latter is reportedly related to one government-trusted bank.
Read the full story on our website.
SEEMO Asks Kosovo President to Reconsider Signing Penal Code Changes
Group Makes Request in Official Letter
VIENNA, April 26, 2012 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organsation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), on Thursday sent an official letter to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga asking her to return the recently approved Penal Code to the parliament and reconsider signing off on it. On April 20, 2012, the Kosovo parliament approved changes to the Penal Code and included two controversial articles, 37 and 38, that could seriously hamper press freedom.
Read the full story on our website.
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