SEEMO concerned at attack on Kosovo journalist

SEEMO concerned at attack on Kosovo journalist

Vienna, 25 April 2013 - The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned about the physical attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a journalist for Kosovo public RTV broadcaster RTK.

Bimbashi was brutally beaten on Monday April 22, at around 12:50 on 'Sumadija' Square in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. He was attacked with wood flag handles while reporting on a protest organised by Serbs of northern Kosovo, who opposite the political deal which aiming to normalise relations between Pristina and Belgrade.

Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General, strongly condemns the attack and urges the local authorities and the international EULEX supervising force, under whose mandate that part of Kosovo falls, to provide security for journalists, cameramen and photographers.

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