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For the second time in two years, Croatia was visited by a delegation of associations for the protection of media freedom – a negative record for a EU member. We talked about it with the president of the Association of Croatian journalists
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
by ECPMF staff
Political pressure is building on Turkey’s President Tayyip Recep Erdoğan after a series of decisions that cast doubt on the state of Turkey’s system of justice. In defiance of rulings by its own Constitutional Court, Turkey has refused to release jailed journalists. New judgements from the European Court of Human Rights have found the country in breach of Article 10, the right to freedom of expression.
Turkey's President Erdogan. Photo: Andreas Lamm
The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday 12th January that journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay should be released from jail. Press freedom campaigners were hoping this would…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
LSE MSc Media Communications Governance student DaYoung Yoo reflects on the discussions surrounding the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and what it will mean for children. For some policy areas, it seems that the closer you look, the more confusion results. So it seems with the General Data Protection Regulation, coming into force in May – especially as it […]
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Media Policy Project
International press freedom delegation visiting Croatia: meeting with the Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
(Zagreb) After the fact-finding mission in June 2016 produced particularly bad results (please find here the report), the representatives of the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Reporters without Borders (RSF) did find a slightly more positive situation at the beginning of 2018. First of all, the new conservative–liberal (HDZ–HNS) coalition at least has media freedom as a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has protected the right of Turkish prisoners to openly honour a Kurdish leader, in its recent judgements.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0)
“He had praised the imprisoned leader of the PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party], Abdullah Öcalan by using the honorific ‘sayın’, meaning esteemed”, the ECtHR judgement read. “[He] was found guilty of breaching a prison order by the Bolu F-type Prison Disciplinary Board…[and] was sentenced to 11 days’ solitary confinement”.
Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founders of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
On 10th January, a Cypriot court issued a decree that prohibits the Politis newspaper from publishing or republishing emails of the Deputy Attorney General Ms. Eleni Lοizidou. Politis said it will appeal the decree. During late 2017 Politis published stories resulting from leaked emails of top legal officials, revealing their connections to Russia.
CourtCyprus, Supreme Court of Justice old square Nicosia Republic of Cyprus Cyprus 2, CC BY-SA 3.0
At the centre of the affair was the Deputy-Attorney General, Ms. Eleni Loizidou, caught in private email communications with Russian officials. The Politis reporting on November 26 revealed that Ms.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In this post, MPP Director and Lead Commissioner of the LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission Charlie Beckett considers the implications of Facebook’s proposed changes in the algorithms of its newsfeed. Social media and digital executives in newsrooms already have a tough job connecting their content to consumers via social media, but Facebook’s proposed changes in the algorithms of its ‘newsfeed’ are […]
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Media Policy Project
by Meydan TV
On 12 January, the Balakan Regional Court in Azerbaijan sentenced investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli to six years in prison, concluding a trial which has been widely criticised internationally.
Afgan Mukhtarli. Photo: Meydan TV
In his final statement, the state prosecutor had asked the court to sentence Mukhtarli to eight years in prison, citing a lack of extenuating circumstances.
In their statements, defence lawyers pointed out that, over the course of the trial, the court had rejected all of their motions and refused to allow any of their evidence, making it impossible for the defence to present its case.
Mukhtarli denied the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The low level of trust in the institutions on the part not only of the citizens but also on the part of those working in them is the reason – also evident from different sociological data
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
From Radio Student, an interview with Alma Sedlar, a former member of the governing board of Slovenian anti corruption agency who resigned due to what she calls a “systematic obstruction of her work”
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
