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The other night I had a nightmare. I dreamed of being in a tragicomic situation and did not know how to get out of it. I was trying to think a way out invain and I was angry. When the alarm woke me up, I was for a while in bed thinking and thinking about
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Provide documents and facts. Ask for the Observatory’s assistance. Your information will be treated confidentially Are you the victim of a violation of press freedom, freedom to report or of expression, of threats, intimidation, retaliation, abuse? Are you being sued with a pretext? Have you suffered a disproportionate sentencing for an error committed in the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
But that figure needs to be multiplied by twenty. Many threats and insults have leveraged on sexist insults and gender bias In 2016 Ossigeno per l’Informazione, the Observatory which records violations of press freedom against media professionals, has inserted into the counter of threats the names of 103 women journalists, accounting for 25% of the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
A range of extra-legal policy mechanisms are used by those in power to prevent journalists from fulfilling their watchdog role in society. Examples from countries of South East Europe (SEE) where extra-legal policy mechanisms are deployed to stifle journalism
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In front of rulers who violate press freedom, the choice of silence weakens international institutions On February 24th, 2017 there was an accident – all the newspapers wrote about it – between correspondents accredited to the White House and Sean Spice, the powerful spokesman for the US president, Donald Trump. Spice invited to a briefing
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Giulia Serra, blogger for ilMarghine.net, describes management weaknesses. The mayor of Bolotana (Nuoro) denies it and announces legal action Broken blinds, radiators not working, doors not in order and dysfunctions in the canteen service. The blogger Giulia Serra has described these problems on IlMarghine.net, an information website, as reported by parents of children who attend
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Two days before the mayor had reported receiving threatening messages on Facebook, which also mentioned the journalist Two days after the complaint lodged by Giovanni Moscato, mayor of Vittoria (in the province of Ragusa) for having received threatening messages on Facebook also destined to the journalist Paolo Borrometi, the local police has identified and denounced
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Nino Vinella and Michele Straniero were near Canne. Pressed charges against the man who, after having blocking them, insulted them. Complaint filed In the area around Barletta, an unidentified man has prevented two journalists to from documenting with video footage the felling of two thousand olive trees in a land where the owners want to
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
As the jurisprudence of the ECHR, which recognizes the right of criticism along with the right to report, and which has seen a blogger acquitted On February 20th, the blogger Daniele Brunetti, assisted by the Legal Office of Ossigeno per l’Informazione and with the support of Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), was acquitted of libel,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
UN Human Rights Council 34th Special Session Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention
PEN International, ARTICLE 19 and 66 organisations are deeply concerned by the continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey following the violent and contemptible coup attempt on 15 July 2016.
Over 180 news outlets have been shut down under laws passed by presidential decree following the imposition of a state of emergency. There are now at least 148 writers, journalists and media workers in prison, including Ahmet Şık,[1] Kadri Gürsel, Ahmet and Mehmet Altan, Ayşe Nazlı Ilıcak and İnan…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
