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Serbia: the Coalition for Women Journalists interviews Gordana Bjeletić who received death threats

26/01/2021

Gordana Bjeletić and her colleagues were targeted with death threats, CFWIJ spoke to her after filing a complaint about the brutal attacks to the police

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Montenegro: MFRR letter to authorities for threats to Olivera Lakić

25/01/2021

The Media Freedom Rapid Responses calls for urgent police protection for Olivera Lakić following assassination threats made against her

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Extradition proceedings against Jonathan Taylor need to end!

19/01/2021

A wide range of organisations calls on Croatia and Monaco to end extradition proceedings and asks the European Parliament to condemn the ongoing harassment of such an important whistleblower

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Slovak police urged to probe surveillance of Denník N journalist Monika Tódová

15/01/2021

IPI notes dark history of journalist surveillance in Slovakia and calls for thorough investigation

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Portugal: four journalists under illegal police surveillance

14/01/2021

The European Federation of Journalists denounces a clear violation of the confidentiality of journalists’ sources and demands urgent clarification from the General Prosecutor

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Slovenia: Radio Študent threatened to lose its funding

14/01/2021

The European Federation of Journalists supports the call for the provision of funding

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EFJ Online Seminar “Trust in media: Audience Engagement & Artificial Intelligence”

11/01/2021

Deadline 7 February to register to the online workshops planned for the end of March organized by the European Federation of Journalists

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Albania: Defence Minister’s Chief of Cabinet issues legal threat against journalist

08/01/2021

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), is concerned about legal proceedings initiated by Belioza Çoku, the Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Defence, against journalist Juljana Ristani, who published a story on undue interference with lists of nominees for educational bursaries in thecontext of a public competition held by the Ministry of Defence

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Albania: new cases of SLAPP to silence reporters

22/12/2020

Strategic lawsuits are used to intimidate journalists, and ECPMF condemns the recent lawsuits filed in Albania by private companies

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Police violence against the press in Europe, by Martin Hoffmann

21/12/2020

The Vice Chair of the European Institute for Journalism and Communication Research (EIJC), Editor with ZDF heute journal and Researcher for ECPMF, gives an overview of cases and recommendations to tackle the issue of police violence against media

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