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by Meydan TV
On 5 January, at the latest hearing in the trial of Afgan Mukhtarli, the journalist was denied the right to attend the funeral of three family members and to be released under house arrest.
Afgan Mukhtarli. Photo: Meydan TV
Following the deaths of Mukhtarli's sister, niece, and nephew on 31 December, defense lawyer Nemat Karimli filed a motion requesting house arrest for the grieving journalist. The request was denied, along with a request to allow Mukhtarli to attend the funeral.
Karimli continued his questioning of border guard Gafur Mammadov, who filed a complaint against Mukhtarli for injuries received in the course of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In the appeal against the sentence to 22 years, the lawyer Giosué Naso mocked journalists who, with their investigations, turned on the spotlights on organized crime in Rome The defender of Massimo Carminati, the lawyer Giosuè Naso, stated that to the detriment of his client and the truth has weighed a “colossal manipulation of historical
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Emil Weber
"How could a judge restore the truth about a journalistic work when this work displeases the government and therefore accuses it of being fake news?" About the planned law against fake news by France's president Macron.
French President Emmanuel Macron (copyright: EU2017EE (36669381364) (cropped 2), CC BY 2.0)
”The President of France, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, said on 3rd January that he plans to propose a law against "fake news", sparking media scepticism on what it actually means.
"When fake news is spread, it will be possible to go to a judge … and if appropriate have content taken down, user accounts…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Sophie Albers Ben Chamo
Press Freedom is the hero of Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Post". The Golden Globes just awarded two investigative journalism NGOs with one million dollars each. ECPMF talked to Liz Hannah, author of the "Post" script, about press freedom's past and future and its great hope.
Meryl Streep an Tom Hanks in "The Post" - Hollywood's exhilarating stance on press freedom (copyright: Universal Pictures International)
Press freedom made it to Hollywood. In Spielberg's "The Post" it shines as brightly as Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. At the Golden Globes Awards the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced two grants…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By order of the boss Vincenzo Lubrano, Pasquale Cascella blocked the collaboration of the journalist with the Corriere di Caserta The third penal section of the Court of Appeal of Naples confirmed, on November 6, 2017, the sentence in the first degree that in 2014 had sentenced to two years of imprisonment Francesco Cascella (for
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
What will 2018 bring for Fake News and the Internet Giants? The LSE’s Damian Tambini explains his predictions. In December I gave an interview to a journalist from the Associated Press who was squirrelling away stories for the winter hibernation. I made a number of comments about what 2018 would bring for Facebook, Google and other powerful Internet intermediaries, and […]
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Media Policy Project
by Meydan TV reporter
At the Balakan District Court, Afgan Mukhtarli’s trial on 28 December started with a scandal. Court officials blocked journalists from filming outside, and then prohibited them from entering the courtroom. People who were allowed in to the courtroom had their names recorded.
Afgan Mukhtarli. Photo: Meydan TV
Afgan Mukhtarli and his defence lawyers criticised judge Hakim Humbat Salimov for not allowing journalists into the courtroom: "Journalists are left out because they woud rather let police and people who are irrelevant to the trial into the courtroom."
The judge dismissed Mukhtarli’s objection and told him to be quiet, stating…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
An hour of music performed by the “Cercatori di libertà” trio. Vittorio Viviani presented the event. It is the first stage of the “Jazz and human rights” project An evening of jazz music to celebrate freedom of press and expression and to remember all those who defend it along with those who exercise it by
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Emil Weber
Media representatives and experts are criticising a new data protection bill being discussed in the UK Parliament for it is a possible threat to investigative journalism.
The British Parliament in London
The bill entered the UK Parliament on 14 September 2017. Its second reading at the House of Lords took place on November 22. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the bill amongst other things provides details on how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enters into force on May 1st 2018, is applied in the UK.
At the centre of criticism are the proposed increased powers…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
Every month, Albanian investigative journalists Mr. Besar Likmeta and Ms. Aleksandra Bogdani appear in court in a defamation case initiated by a powerful judge and his wife.
The Republic of Albania has been an official candidate for accession to the European Union since June 2014
"Like everything we do as journalists we take the legal process seriously and respect the institution, despite the fact that this case completely lacks merit, in our opinion,”, Mr. Besar Likmeta told The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) recently. “The wheels of justice might grind slow, but we hope that at…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
