Vienna, 26 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns the physical attack on Zoran Jovanovic, photoreporter working for the daily Vecernje novosti. On 24 May while Jovanovic was on duty an unknown man approached to him and forbid him to take photos. He kicked Jovanovic and his camera.
Vienna, 25 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is worried about the decission in a criminal libel case against journalist Anna Wilk in Poland. According to the court decission, Wilk working for the weekly Gazeta Powiatowa in Legionowo, has to pay a fine around 1000 EUR and is banned from working in the media as a journalist for three years.
Vienna, 17 May 2019
The Vienna South East Europe Media Organisation is supporting the Western Balkan’s Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety, which represents more than 8,000 members and condemns the physical attack on RTV TK cameraman Ademir Mesanovic. It calls the competent judicial authorities and police to process and adequately punish attackers as soon as possible.
Ademir Mesanovic was attacked, according to the Western Balkan’s Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety, by member of a private security company “while covering the eviction of families form their properties near the Kreka mine. Member of the security company grabbed Mesanovic’s camera, damaged it and threw it in mud. Other present media crews were banned the filming and accessing the area.
Vienna, 14 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is asking Greek authorities to ensure the safety of reporter Mina Karamitrou, working for CNN Greece and investigate the bombing of her car.
A bomb placed under the journalist’s car exploded at about 2:30 a.m. today, while the car was parked in the northern Athens suburb of Papagou, according to local news reports. The car was destroyed.
Vienna, 14 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condenms the latest attack on a journalist in Ukraine.
Ukrainian investigative journalist Vadim Komarov was beaten into a coma in Cherkasy city in the early hours of 4 May. Police have not yet identified the attacker,
Vienna 11 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation is alarmed abou the attack in Turkey. Yesteraday, on 10 May, journalist Yavuz Selim Demirağ working for the newspaper Yeniçağ, sustained serious injuries from a group of assilants in front of his house in Ankara.
The attack took place late in the evening.
Vienna, 6 May 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is worried about today’s attack on Adi Kebo, the photoreporter of the journal zurnal.info.
Kebo was verbally and physically attacked by a local politician in Sarajevo.
Vienna, 1 May 2019
Today in front of the shopping center “Skopje City Mall” cameraman and journalist from Alfa TV were obstructed in performing their duty by a private security company. The South East Europe Media Organisation is worried about this case.
Vienna, 30 April 2019
The South East Europe Media Organsation (SEEMO) is worried about the information tht editor of qafqaznews.az Mahmud Tagiyev was sentenced to 12 years. This was reported by Azerbaijan Service for Radio Free Europe. Tagiyev was found guilty on charges of extortion. The journalist refutes the accusation. In his statement, Taghiyev said this was a punishment for his attempt to receive full payment of the property he has sold to an employee of the Prosecutor Office.
Vienna 24 April 2019
The South East Europe Media Organsation (SEEMO) condemns the decission by authorities in Baku to forbid the Turan news agency to report as media from the Formula 1 race. Turan News Agency applied for accreditation already in January.