SEEMO is deeply shocked by the killing of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in Athens, Greece, on 9 April 2021

SEEMO is deeply shocked by the killing of journalists and media workers since March 2022 in the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

1. Pierre Zakrzewski, Cameraman
2. Oleksandra Kurshynova, Journalist
3. Oxana Wiktorowna Baulina, Journalist
4. Evgeny (Yevhenii) Sakun, Cameraman
5. Brent Renaud, Filmmaker
6. Viktor Dudar, Military journalist (was not working as a journalist at the time - solder)
7. Dilerbek Shakirov Shukurovich, Journalist
8. Maks Levin, Documentary photographer
9 Viktor Dedov (while not engaged in news gathering during bombing)
10. Mantas Kvedaravičius, Lithuanian filmmaker
11. Vera Gyrych / Vira Hyrych, journalist and producer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, died after a Russian missile hit the building where she lived in Kyiv
12. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, BFM TV, France
13. Bogdan / Bohdan Bitik, fixer, Ukraine
14. Arman Soldin, Agence France-Presse (AFP)
15. Victoria Amelina, journalist and writer (Ballistic missile strikes against civilian buildings in Kramatorsk)
16. Rostislav Zhuravlev, Russian state media journalist - war correspondent
17. Boris Maksudov, Russian state media military journalist
18. Yury Oleynik, camera operator, death in battle - not as journalist, fighting in Luhansk
19. Oleksandr Makhov, journalist, died as serviceman in Ukrainian Armee
20. Sergey Postnov, died not as journalist - but military active for Russia
21. Oleksandr Bondarenko, journalist, media trainer, died when he volunteered in the Territorial Defense Forces
22. Volodymyr Myroniuk, photoreporter, joined the military.
23. Yevhenii Bal, journalist and writter, died of his wounds after Russian soldiers tortured him
24. Zoreslav Zamoysky, freelancer, found dead in a street in Bucha
25. Roman Nezhyborets, video operator, found killed in Yahidne

SEEMO: Joint Statements

In this section you can find SEEMO co-signed joint statements. Together we can change the world. Cooperation between organisations is important and is particularly relevant to addressing important press freedom violations.

June 2023: Murder of journalist Milan Pantić, 20 years later

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Milan Pantić

The SEEMO team and members are heartbroken to announce the passing of Helen Darbishire on 18 October 2024. Helen was our supporter since SEEMO was founded in 2000. Helen founded Access Info Europe in 2006. Helen will be sorely missed. But her legacy will keep us going.

SEEMO Missions, Visits, Events and Meetings

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Meeting with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, January 2018
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Round table: Ukraine – Dialog statt Monolog, Vienna, 2017. Photo by Johanna Bickel
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Meeting in Pristina 16 December 2016: Enver Hoxhaj Kosovo Minister for Foreign Affairs and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO
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SEEMO Conference Bucharest, Prime Minster of Romania Victor Ponta and SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic (Bucharest, Romania, 2014)
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Istanbul 10 December 2016, SEEMO supports: Support for journalists in Turkey-since the coup attempt 120 journalists have been jailed
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Panel discussion Freedom of Expression in the Danube and the Black. Sea Area: Case Serbia, by Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) and South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) - Vienna, December 2016
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International Journalism Festival (Perugia #ijf16) - panel by SEEMO and CEI: Who's fighting against corruption in SE Europe: the media or the police? With Barbara Fabro, Saša Leković,Cristian Niculescu, Aleksandra Bogdani, Milorad Ivanovic and Oliver Vujovic
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SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic in a panel, ECPMF, Leipzig, October 2016
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SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic with Slovenian Justice Minister Goran Klemenčič (first from right) in November 2014
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SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic, during a meeting with the members of the Slovenian Parliament, Ljubljana, November 2014
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International CPJ-IPI-SEEMO delegation meeting with the President of CHP party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Ankara, Turkey, October 2014
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Meeting SEEMO-IPI delgation with the Minister of Justice of Slovenia, Goran Klemenčič, and his staff advisor, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2014
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AJC Intensive Seminar at the Department of Communication, University Vienna, 8 July 2015, Current Issues in European Media- and Communication Studies, organised for a delegation of journalists from Vietnam. Guest lecture by Oliver Vujovic
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Rome, Italy - Parliament with Radomir Licina, SEEMO Board member
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Violence Against Newspersons, Athens, Greece, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2017 by European Communication Institute, with the support of the European Parliament and in cooperation with Media Governance & Industries Research Lab of University of Vienna, Journalists about Journalism (J.A.J), and S.E.E.M.O
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24 October 2016 , Koch Hall of the Italian Senate, Radomir Licina SEEMO Board member, discussion on the Italian situation of assaulted journalists and the unpunished guilty.
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24 October 2016, Rome, Koch Hall of the Italian Senate, Celebration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) Radomir Licina SEEMO Board member, with Mehdi Benchelah UNESCO's Senior Project Officer at Section for Freedom of Expression (left) and the director of Ossigeno per l'Informazione Alberto Spampinato (right)
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24 October 2016, Rome, Koch Hall of the Italian Senate, Celebration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI). From left: Radomir Licina SEEMO Board member, Alinda Vermeer MLDI's Senior Legal Officer, Alberto Spampinato Director of Ossigeno per l'Informazone, Giuseppe F. Mennella, secretary of Ossigeno per l'Informazione
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Joint ECPMF Fact-finding mission in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia / FYROM, 25th-28th April 2017 SEEMO Mission member is SEEMO expert and member, Mtija Mersol, former editor in cheif of daily Delo Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Berlin 2017, Study visit organised by German KAS
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December 2016: SEEMO Panel discussion "Migrant deaths along the Romanian border during Communism and the STASI's hand in them" with Marina Constantinoiu, Istvan Deak, Georg Herbstritt und Oliver Vujovic — at Fachhochschule des bfi, Vienna
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Meeting with the President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (#missionCroatia2016), June 2016
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SEEMF 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Pristina Media Days 2017
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Pristina Media Days 2017 - Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic (May 2017)
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Meeting with President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, January 2018
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