Multimedia

The Rise of Digital Repression: a PEN Interactive Report

22/12/2015

An interactive infographic by PEN America about the impact of governments imprisoning and persecuting writers for what they write, blog, and post online.

Digital media enable greater space and potential of expression around the globe, but this opportunity is counterbalanced by governments imprisoning and persecuting writers for what they write, blog, and post online. With this interactive infographic, PEN America reveals statistics from PEN's caselists over the past 12 years, showing a dramatic increase in the number of writers imprisoned and on trial for use of digital media.

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Empowering investigative journalism through the right of access to information

10/12/2015

Why is the right of access to information important for journalism? Valuable arguments in this short video by Access Info Europe

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European Western Balkans: 2015 World Press Freedom Index

10/12/2015

Based on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the think-tank European Western Balkans has developed this infographic comparing media freedom rankings in the Western Balkans.

According to the index elaborate by RWB, Macedonia and Montenegro show the most negative results, ranking #117 and #114, respectively. Concerning results are expressed also for Kosovo and Albania, ranked #87 and #82 respectively.

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IPI: Criminal Defamation in Europe

02/12/2015

This infographic by the International Press Institute (IPI) presents comparative data on the impact of criminal defamation in different European countries.

This visualization is part of the broad IPI project on defamation, Out of Balance: defamation law in the EU

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Hate speech: a 5 point test for journalists

23/11/2015

How can journalists determine what is hate speech? A 5-point test has been developed by Ethical Journalism Network in several languages

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Balancing Act: Press freedom at risk as EU struggles to match action with values

28/09/2015

The Committee to Protect Journalists presents its report on the challenges faced by the European Union is in keeping up to its role as a global leader in press freedom.

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Increasing pressure on press: Democracy in question in Turkey (July-September 2015)

15/10/2015

The Independent Communication Network Bianet releases periodic reports on the situation of media in Turkey. For the period July - September 2015, the report highlights how the serious deterioration of press freedom in the country is seriously questioning the democratic character of the regime.

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Arzu Geybullayeva, freelance journalist

01/10/2015

Freelance journalist Arzu Geybullayeva, intervied during the OSCE conference #FEMJournosafe, talks about the online threats she received

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Lutz Mükke speech at the Italian Senate

17/09/2015

Lutz Mukke speech at the conference organized on 2 July in Rome by Ossigeno per l'Informazione

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