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Francesco Furlan and Adriano Pagano were sued for an article published on the online news site H24. Item obscured On June 19, 2017, it began in Cassino the trial for defamation in which the journalists Francesco Furlan and Adriano Pagano, authors of an article published on the online news site H24 in 2015, stand accused.
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This is the translation of the article “Prozess in der Türkei - ‘Es ist kein Kafka-Buch, sondern Realität’” published in the German news service “n-tv”. An interview with ECPMF's Advocacy Officer Nora Wehofsits on the "Cumhuriyet" trial.
Ahmet Sik in the "Cumhuriyet" trial (by Murat Başol)
In Turkey 17 employees of the newspaper “Cumhuriyet” are standing trial being accused of supporting several terror organisations. “This trial is a farce,” says the German trial observer Nora Wehofsits (of ECPMF). “In fact freedom of expression is standing trial”.
n-tv.de: Weren’t you afraid of going to Istanbul to monitor the trial?
Of course one worries if…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
This is the translation of the article “Prozess in der Türkei - ‘Es ist kein Kafka-Buch, sondern Realität’” published in the German news service “n-tv”. An interview with ECPMF's Advocacy Officer Nora Wehofsits on the "Cumhuriyet" trial.
Ahmet Sik in the "Cumhuriyet" trial (by Murat Başol)
In Turkey 17 employees of the newspaper “Cumhuriyet” are standing trial being accused of supporting several terror organisations. “This trial is a farce,” says the German trial observer Nora Wehofsits (of ECPMF). “In fact freedom of expression is standing trial”.
n-tv.de: Weren’t you afraid of going to Istanbul to monitor the trial?
Of course one worries if…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: 27 September 2017 The 10th edition of the Mediterranean Journalists Awards of the Anna Lindh Foundation will reward productions tackling intercultural issues between and within Euro-Mediterranean societies, ranging from diversity, tolerance, freedom of expression, fighting xenophobia, extremism and terrorism. Special attention will be given to works focusing on the theme “Intercultural Cities and Migration”, […]
The post Call for entries for the Mediterranean Journalist Awards appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
The message is addressed to Giovanni Caruso, editor in charge. It was found in an envelope containing a special newspaper issue to commemorate Pippo Fava An unmistakable threatening message was written in the Sicilian dialect on a sheet of paper: “We’ll cut your head off.” Whose head? The one of Giovanni Caruso. It is stated
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
For one week, ECPMF's Advocacy Officer Nora Wehofsits was part of an international freedom of expression delegation to observe and monitor the trial against 17 media workers of the Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet". She wrote a live blog of what was happening in the stuffy court room. This is her personal review.
Here you find the joint statement.
Here you find Nora's in-depth blog on the "Cumhuriyet" trial in Istanbul.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
For one week, ECPMF's Advocacy Officer was part of an international freedom of expression delegation to observe and monitor the trial against 17 media workers of the Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet". She wrote a live blog of what was happening in the stuffy court room. This is her personal review.
Here you find the joint statement.
Here you find Nora's in-depth blog on the "Cumhuriyet" trial in Istanbul.
For years now, Turkey has been imprisoning more journalists than any other country in the world. Since the alleged coup in 2016 the numbers are even rising. Worse still, the Turkish regime targets critical journalists…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Ossigeno Report delivered to the Regional Antimafia Directorate. The data reports more and more frequent episodes. In 2017 in the territory 40% of Italian acts of intimidation “This year, in Italy, 40% of threats to information providers occurred in the territory of Lazio. Intimidating pressure is 15 points higher than last year. From January
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Jane Whyatt
The media landscape in Romania is becoming as rocky as the Transylvanian mountains, as owners face corruption charges and outlets close. ECPMF’s local member organisation Active Watch is monitoring the situation and Răzvan Martin gives an update in his interview below.
Răzvan Martin of Active Watch - fighting corruption in Serbia (copyright: Active Watch)
Meanwhile, the Centre for Media Transparency (CMT) has published a research report on five major TV, radio and newspaper chains. It’s called “The men who bit the (watch) dogs“ and exposes a culture of commercialism, linked to a communist past and continuing political influence of media…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
At the annual Ceremony of the Ventaglio, the Head of State defined information as one of the main democratic countermeasures to the action of power The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, reserved for freedom of the press and the role of information the introduction of the speech held on July 26 at the Quirinale,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
