Legal_protection

Anti-terrorist surveillance law

After a case filed by a non-governmental watchdog organisation, the European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Hungarian anti-terrorist surveillance law violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

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Russian surveillance law

In a case related to alleged mobile phone surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights decided that an editor in Russia was entitled to claim to be a victim of a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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E-learning on Defamation Law and European Human Rights Standards

A video e-learning series by IPI and MLDI for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation

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Mapping Media Freedom Q2 2016

Violence against journalists in Europe increased in the second quarter of 2016, reports submitted to Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom platform show

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Comparative Study on Investigative Journalism

EMR study compares different legal frameworks and relevant aspects impacting on investigative journalism across Europe

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Turkey: Journalism is Not a Crime!

Journalists campaign against the ever-increasing pressure on the press in Turkey with a new initiative named “I’am a Journalist”.

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Reform of the Republic of Armenia Law on Television and Radio

This report analyses the Law on Making Amendments and Supplements to the Republic of Armenia Law on Television and Radio of December 2015, implemented to prepare for the country's digital switchover

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Press freedom in the EU: Legal framework and challenges

The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) provides with this short briefing, an effective contextualization of the legal framework and the challenges for Press freedom in the EU

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Freedom of Expression and the Broadcasting Media

A selection of the ECHR case law in the field of the audio-visual broadcasting

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