Safety_of_journalists

Serbia: Court of Appeals acquits suspects of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder

07/02/2024

OBCT and MFRR and SJN partners strongly denounce the decision of the Belgrade Court of Appeals to acquit the four suspects for the murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija

Albania: SPAK must respect source protection in case of journalist Elton Qyno

10/01/2024

OBCT signs a joint letter together with media freedom partners in the SafeJournalists Network, the Media Freedom Rapid Response, and Reporters Without Borders addressed to the head of the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) to raise concerns over the recent attempts to reveal the source of Albanian journalist Elton Qyno

Murdered, surveilled and sued: decisive action needed to protect journalists and salvage press freedom in Greece

28/09/2023

Greek journalism is under sustained threat from the impact of the surveillance scandal “Predatorgate”, the unresolved killing of a reporter, abusive legal action and economic and political pressures. Following a mission to Athens, eight international organisations today call on the Government and Prime Minister to show political courage and urgently take specific measures aimed at improving the climate for independent journalism and salvaging press freedom

Dismay at the abrupt closure of investigation into smear campaign against Emilia Șercan

07/11/2023

OBCT joins media freedom groups in expressing deep disappointment at the decision of Romania’s Prosecutor Office at the Bucharest Court of Appeal to close the investigation into the smear campaign against the Romanian journalist

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Turkey: International groups condemn arrest of journalist Tolga Şardan

03/11/2023

We call upon the authorities to immediately release Tolga Şardan

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End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

02/11/2023

On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, OBCT joins MFRR partners in remembering those European reporters whose families still await justice for their murders

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Turkey: Repeal the "disinformation offence" and overreaching legal amendments

08/11/2023

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations and Article 19 Europe reiterate their call for the annulment of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code and related legal amendments passed in October 2022 that undermine international standards on the right to freedom of expression and of the press.

Freedom on the Net 2023: The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence

The 13th edition of Freedom on the Net is an annual study of human rights online by Freedom House

Civic Intelligence Oversight: Practitioners’ Perspectives in France, Germany, and the UK

The article explores the forms of civic engagement and oversight holding intelligence agencies to account, counteracting the primacy of security and the secrecy of intelligence, with a focus on journalism and NGOs

Fieldwork Under Surveillance: A Research Note

Ethical and methodological challenges of conducting research “under surveillance”