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By restricting licenses for digital broadcasting, the Armenian government has ended up constraining media pluralism in the country. An overview of the situation
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
by Jessica Jacques, ECPMF
The ECPMF is investigating reports of hate speech and disrespect towards journalists at broadcaster Polish Television TVP. The TV network has been the subject of intense discussions about its political agenda since the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in 2015.
Protests against journalists in Poland
Five members of the TVP Working Group of Journalists, including two Vice Presidents of the SDP (the Polish Journalists Association) have written to the ECPMF to draw to our attention a number of attacks on TVP journalists by members of the public, and by some political parties and organisations.
The ECPMF…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jessica Jacques, ECPMF
The ECPMF is investigating reports of hate speech and disrespect towards journalists at broadcaster Polish Television TVP. The TV network has been the subject of intense discussions about its political agenda since the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in 2015.
Protests against journalists in Poland
Five members of the TVP Working Group of Journalists, including two Vice Presidents of the SDP (the Polish Journalists Association) have written to the ECPMF to draw to our attention a number of attacks on TVP journalists by members of the public, and by some political parties and organisations.
The ECPMF…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
(Please find here the English version)
Die deutschen Reporter Daniel Bouhs und Jörg Wagner sind im Juli 7500 Kilometer kreuz und quer durch Europa gefahren auf der Suche nach der Pressefreiheit. Inspiriert vom "Reporter ohne Grenzen"-Ranking haben sie sich die Schlusslicht-Länder Italien, Bulgarien, Griechenland, Ungarn und Polen angesehen. Das sind die Ergebnisse ihres EU-Pressefreiheits-Checks.
Daniel Bouhs and Jörg Wagner, two German reporters who went on a "press freedom safari" through the European countries Italy, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria (Picture: NDR and RBB)
Nach vier Wochen Recherche-Safari, wie steht es um die Pressefreiheit in den von Ihnen besuchten Ländern?
Daniel Bouhs: Erstmal können wir Entwarnung geben: Die…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The former Albanian TV host and freelance journalist on the state of press freedom in Albania and taking part in ECPMF's Journalist-in-Residence programme.
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Providing temporary shelter for European journalists under threat: ECPMF’s Journalists-in-Residence Programme
The ECPMF's Journalists-in-Residence programme is designed to temporarily host journalists from across geographical Europe who face harrassment and intimidation in their home country. It provides a refuge pro tempore, a safe place to continue one's work and – if so desired by those hosted – a platform to highlight threats to media freedom back home.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Torino. Procurator admits: we made a wrong perquisition Spataro admitted the mistake of the judiciary and returned the seized material to Gianluca Paolucci. The daily Il Foglio asks: what happens to a Magistrate that makes a mistake? Rome. L’Espresso accuses: hate campaign against our journalists In an article, the weekly lists the attacks and insults of right-wing
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Antonella Napoli/ translated from Italian by Jessica Jacques
In recent days Istanbul’s public prosecutor has issued new arrest warrants. Among these are eleven journalists, only two of which have been released on bail. As they are considered to be supporters of Gülen, they risk penalties up to life imprisonment.
The logo of the messenger app ByLock which the Turkish government considers a direct connection to the Gülen movement (picture: Wikimedia Commons)
The Turkish gag on the press is tightening and a further nine journalists have ended up in prison in the country. In recent days, the public prosecutor in Istanbul…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In an article, the weekly lists the attacks and insults of right-wing extremists and family members of Massimo Carminati, particularly against the reporter Lirio Abbate “A hate campaign. Launched for months by people of the extreme right and the Carminati family against L’Espresso, and journalist Lirio Abbate. Our newspaper has been targeted with insults and
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Stijn Smet, Melbourne Law School
Imagine, if you will, two scenarios. The first involves four NGOs writing a private letter to the highest authorities of a Bosnian city. “According to our information”, the NGOs state in the letter, the newly appointed Serbian director of a public radio station has displayed a problematic attitude towards Muslims and Bosniacs. Her past actions, the NGOs claim, “absolutely disqualify” her from being director of a multi-ethnic radio station. The NGOs further press upon the authorities the “hope that you will react appropriately”. It turns out, however, that the factual allegations made in the NGOs’ letter…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Spataro admitted the mistake of the judiciary and returned the seized material to Gianluca Paolucci. The daily Il Foglio asks: what happens to a Magistrate that makes a mistake? The Prosecutor of the Republic of Turin, Armando Spataro, publicly apologized to the Chief Editor of La Stampa, Maurizio Molinari and journalist Gianluca Paolucci for ordering
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
