Vienna, 27 February 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is concerned about the detention of several journalists and bloggers in Kazakhstan.
Bogger Askar Shiygumarov was detained in Uralsk after leaving his house. Ashat Bersalimov, a blogger was detained in Almaty; Saniya Toiken working for Radio Free Europe and cameraman Sanat Nurbekov were detained in Zhanaozen..
Vienna, 23 February 2019
According to information before the Vienna South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) Denis Bihus, editor-in-chief of the Kiev-based independent investigative news outlet Bihus.Info, reported that he and members of his team noticed several unidentified persons monitoring their activity Also Schemes, an investigative journalism TV program published a report detailing how reporter Mykhailo Tkach and his staff member were followed in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. According to the journalists they the vehicles used belongs to a security company owned by a Ukrainian billionaire and former member of parliament. TV programme Schemes: Corruption in Details, is a leading investigative journalistic project jointly run by public broadcaster UA:Pershyi and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Vienna, 18 February 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation condenms a new attack against a journalist in Russia.
Unknown persons attacked Dmitry Kosenko from Vash Golos news near his newsroom in Tuapse on Friday evening.
Kosenko worked in an investigation late last year about corruption involving the family of a local politician.
Vienna, 14 February 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemned today several threats made against journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH).
Adnan Jašarspahić, owner of the online portal Visoko.co.ba received threats on social media.
Journalist Milkica Milojević, from the daily EuroBlic in Banja Luka received threats over phone.
Some days ago, Marko Radoja, editor-in-chief of news service of the Public Service Broadcaster of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) received a letter with threats to his life.
Vienna, 14 February 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemned today several threats made against journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH).
Adnan Jašarspahić, owner of the online portal Visoko.co.ba received threats on social media.
Journalist Milkica Milojević, from the daily EuroBlic in Banja Luka received threats over phone.
Some days ago, Marko Radoja, editor-in-chief of news service of the Public Service Broadcaster of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) received a letter with threats to his life.
Vienna, 4 February 2019
As the Vienna South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) was informed today, reporters at N1 Belgrade received on Monday a threatening letter which said that their office would be blown up and their families murdered.
“Do you have families… you’re killing our children and grandchildren, and you’re not aware that if it comes to that, your building will be the first to be blown up, and you may even lose the ones closest to you. That’s why we, the veterans, are warning you not to play with others’ fates, because your fate is in our hands,” the letter said. The letter was signed “Belgrade Veterans of 1999 War.” The leader of the association, Zeljko Vukelic, said to N1 the organisation had nothing to do with the incident, and called on police to fully investigate the threats received by N1.
Balkan Insight reported that earlier on February 4, President Aleksandar Vučić told to Happy TV that “authorities are being attacked by N1 television 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as well as by many weekly newspapers and other media.”
1 February 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation welcomes the information that two persons were arrested in Valjevo, a town in West Serbia connected to an attack on a journalist.
M. G. and B. P. were arrested after a attack on local journalist Marko Aćimović.
Vienna, 28 January 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation condenms verbal threats against journalist Ada Borowicz. “The reporter should be raped”, was one of the threats. Borowicz published the story of an attack on a woman in Italy. According to right extremist in Poland, Borowicz’s ‘crime’, was to have published the report without referring to the fact the attackers were alleged to have been migrants.
Vienna, 25 January 2019
The Souht East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) welcoms the police action in Serbia which has led to the arrest of the alleged instigator of the arson attack against journalist Milan Jovanović.
Dragoljub Simonović, President of Grocka municipality and member of the leading political party in Serbia, was arrested as suspected of ordering the arson attack on the house of Milan Jovanović, a correspondent of the news portal Žig info. This follows the arrest of three additional persons for this crime in December of last year.
Vienna, 24 January 2019
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO)= condemns verbal insults against Dražen Krušelj journalist working for Jutarnji list in Zagreb. The insult came from the selector of Croatian handball team in a TV program after the match Croatia- France.