CoE report: A decade of attacks on journalists from member states
by Ana Ribeiro
Over the past 10 years, violence and abuse have skyrocketed against media workers and whistle-blowers from the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member countries and Belarus – threatening their role as public watchdogs. Problems have multiplied and also diversified with the growing reach of the internet.
Censorship, via many different tactics, is a big problem across the media landscape in Europe. (Photo: Public domain)
The Council on 20 April released a report that surveyed 940 journalists in Europe last year on “serious unwarranted interference in their work”. Nearly one-third of the journalists said they had been physically assaulted over the…
