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Manual on European defamation law

The Media Legal Defence Initiative and the International Press Institute have published a powerful new tool for defending the European media’s right to report...

Council of Europe foreign ministers call for libel reform

Brussels, 14 August 2012 -- Trickling back from the summer recess, European press freedom advocates and media lawyers are taking stock of facts and statements...

President rejects bill that criminalises libel

May 16, 2012 -- Following a public outcry, Kosovo's President last week rejected a proposed law that would have criminalised libel and allowed journalists...

Journalist sentenced to jail for libel

New York, April 30, 2012--The appeals court in Montenegro must overturn a libel verdict and four-month jail sentence given to journalist Petar Komnenic, the...

IPI releases report on press freedom mission in Montenegro

VIENNA, Feb 29, 2012 - The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday released a...

SEEMO Welcomes Planned Decriminalisation of Defamation and Libel in Serbia

Vienna, 25 July 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the 19 July 2011...
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