FYROM: Political-motivated violence a threat to journalists
by Ana Ribeiro and Jane Whyatt
Journalists have been under attack in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Dark days for FYROM: Political and ethnic tensions are flaring back up, and journalists are being increasingly targeted while doing their job. (Public domain photo)
And the Western Balkans Regional Platform for Advocating Press Freedom and Journalists' Safety is calling on Europe's media freedom community to protest. The platform unites the journalists' associations of Bosnia Herzegovina (BH), Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro and FYROM.
The group recently held a press conference urging the Macedonian authorities to investigate 19 attacks against journalists since the start of 2016.
"Alarming…