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by Ana Ribeiro
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found the Portuguese state guilty of violating freedom of expression after a journalist was fined for broadcasting courtroom recordings without the judge’s approval.
Portuguese journalist Sofia Pinto Coelho won a press freedom case against Portuguese courts with the ECHR. (Photo: Publico.pt)
According to the ECHR ruling and related press release, issued on 22 March 2016, the complainant was Sofia Pinto Coelho, legal affairs reporter for the Portuguese TV Channel SIC. In November 2005, Coelho reported on a criminal court conviction in Sintra, Portugal – and broadcasted images of the courtroom and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
On the first day of the court hearing of Erdem Gül and Can Dündar only one thing became clear: The process against the two journalists will neither be objective nor free of political motivation
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Michelle TrimbornOn the first day of the court hearing of Erdem Gül and Can Dündar only one thing became clear: The process against the two journalists will neither be objective nor free of political motivation.
Can Dündar (middle) one of the two Cumhuriyet-journalists who facing the trail. (photo: ECPMF)
Outside the Justice Palace in Istanbul, more police than usual was waiting for the dozens of journalists, media freedom advocates, diplomats and politicians who wanted to attend the trial against Cumhuriyet-journalists Erdem Gül and Can Dündar. But finally, they did not get to see much.
The courtroom was cleared of all people, except…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
It was established by the Court of Milan. Filippo Roma will have to compensate Cairo publisher, the chief editors of Nuovo and Diva e Donna, as well as a journalist. The case concerned fake interviews The judge of the Fourth Criminal Section of the Court of Milan convicted of defamation a reporter of the television
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The reporter photographed by a fake policeman while working on a report on the ‘Ndrangheta. Fiano (PD) to the Interior Minister: what safety measures are there for journalists? The story that in recent days has seen as a protagonist the journalist Klaus Davi, photographed by a fake policeman while trying to interview in Gallico (in
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Antonio Musella and Peppe Pace (FanPage) were documenting the protest to demand the relocation of the Pisano Foundries. Solidarity from ODG and SUGC On March 16, 2016 Peppe Pace and Antonio Musella, journalists of the web portal FanPage, were verbally assaulted and beaten by the Pisano Foundry workers in Fratta (in the province of Salerno),
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
They were found on 12 and 13 March 2016. In one there is a reference to the aggression against Bevacqua and Silipigni. Condemnation from the Order of Journalists of Sicily. The Prefect intervened “A journalism that is vulgar and infamous that demonizes the just and sanctifies the bad”: this is what the Anonimi Ribelli (Anonymous
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Thirteen intimidations against journalists this week in Italy Thirteen. So many where in Italy within the week 14 – 20 March 2016 the victims of violations of freedom of expression through threats and abuses of Law and judicial proceeding which names Ossigeno added to the Public table of the names of victims that includs journalists, bloggers and operators intimidated.
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english – Ossigeno Informazione
by Michelle TrimbornOn 24 March, the evening before the trial against Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, ECPMF joined forces with Turkish and international media organisations to show solidarity and stand up for a free press in Turkey. The journalists thanked for the international support.
ECPMF joined forces with Turkish and international media organisations in Turkey (photo ECPMF)
When Can Dündar and Erdem Gül entered the podium at the TGS Journalists’ Union of Turkey, they were applauded by all reporters and representatives present. In Istanbul, eleven media organisations came together to show their support also to Dündar and Gül, but…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Alison Powell, Assistant Professor at LSE, argues that the accountability of algorithms is intrinsically linked to governance structures and citizenship in society. Algorithms should be used to support decision-making for the benefit of society rather than to target individual consumers. Algorithms are everywhere, or so we are told, and the black boxes of algorithmic decision-making make oversight of processes that regulators […]
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Media Policy Project
