Romania

Romania: concern about abusive legal action by former bishop against journalists and outlets

26/04/2021

The undersigned civil society organisations are concerned about the legal action taken by a former bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church against The Centre for Investigative Media (CIM), Dela0.ro and three journalists, in relation to their reporting on alleged sexual abuse. We consider the proceedings have many of the characteristics of a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) and hope the courts will deal with them swiftly with due respect for European human rights law and standards

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Romania: Judicial Intimidation Targeting the Romanian Union of Journalists and Daily Newspaper "Libertatea"

12/08/2020

Romanian Union of Journalists and daily newspaper Libertatea have been targeted with SLAPP action by rival TV station

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Romania - Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018

The article aims to explore the changing environment around news in Romania, focusing mainly on television as the main source of information as well as on the increasingly-used mobile phone

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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018

This study explores the ways news is being consumed in a range of countries. This year's report focuses on the issues of trust and misinformation, media literacy, new online business models, the impact of changing Facebook algorithms and the rise of new platforms and messaging apps

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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019

The report aims at understanding how news is being consumed across the world. This year’s focus is on people’s trust in media and their willingness to pay for news, private messaging applications and groups, misinformation, and habits of younger people

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Romania’s press freedom fall

This short report by Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) describes the current situation in Romanian media as press freedom has sharply declined in recent years. The country ranked 44th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index

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CPJ database on jailed journalists

Since 2000, CPJ compiles detailed records on journalists being held in custody by government authorities across the world

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Briefing: Media Freedom Violations in the EU under COVID-19

An overview of media freedom violations registered in several EU Member States and Candidate Countries since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the continent in late February 2020

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No lockdown for press freedom: misuse of Corona crisis to silence journalism in Europe

03/05/2020

A virtual talk that explores how the emergency measures for COVID-19 pandemic are affecting media freedom in Europe

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Measuring media realities. Media Clientelism Index 2016

Clientelism, politicization and corruption hold media captured and prevent them from carrying out their watchdog role. Media Clientelism Index assesses the situation in 6 countries of South East Europe

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