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By Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has supported an investigative Romanian journalist who complained of a violation of her freedom of expression by the domestic courts concerning comments made in live television show.
The case concerns comments about the mayor's shares in an hotel at Mamaia
The top European court’s interpretation is relevant to debates about media ethics as, amongst other things, it further elucidates its views on the responsibility for the content of live media. It recognises that the possibility to refine statements made in such live media is limited.
Ms.Ghiulfer Predescu, the journalist invited as…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: ECPMF urges Maltese government to launch independent inquiry
ECPMF strongly condemns the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Maltese investigative journalist who was part of the investigative team researching the Panama Papers, was killed by a car bomb on Monday afternoon.
Daphne Caruana Galizia (copyright: daphnecaruanagalizia.com)
Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb on October 16th, 2017 in Malta. Her vehicle exploded shortly after she left her home in the afternoon.
"The barbaric murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia is an attack on journalism itself," says Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director of ECPMF. “This crime is meant to intimidate every investigative journalist. Because…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
To celebrate the UN’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Training credits for journalists The United Nations International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists which occurs on the 2nd November will be celebrated in Rome by Ossigeno per l’Informazione with two initiatives. The main event will take place on Monday 23rd October from 15:00 to 19:00
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This article was published first by JW Christie, Netopia
The contemporary threats to journalists extend to all reaches in media, and in some cases, threaten media freedom – reports "Netopia" from the ECPMF conference “Defending journalists under threat” in Leipzig, Germany.
ECPMF conference "Defending journalists under threat" (copyright: Andreas Lamm/ ECPMF)
Held at the Leipzig School of Media, set in the grounds of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, a modern building full of clean lines, full-length windows and wood panelling is not the sort of place one would associate with the accounts of being threatened by ISIS or watching migrants struggle for life, but…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Youth Time International Movement is officially inviting journalists to apply for accreditation to the Global Youth Forum, which will take place in Dubai, UAE from the 23th to the 27th of November, 2017. Deadline to apply is October 19th. Opportunity is fully funded. Journalists from all over the world are welcome to apply. […]
The post Call for journalists for Youth Time’s Global Forum in Dubai appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Freedom of Information and Press in Leipzig (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union Threats, acts of intimidation, attacks: the most serious cases Catania. “I’ll bust your guts!”. Threat calls against activist reporter “Are
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english – Ossigeno Informazione
This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Freedom of Information and Press in Leipzig (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union Threats, acts of intimidation, attacks: the most serious cases Catania. “I’ll bust your guts!”. Threat calls against activist reporter “Are
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Ossigeno in Leipzig at the ECPMF conference. “Security for journalists is the first priority,” said OSCE Representative Harlem Désir “The security of journalists is my first concern. The attacks on them are about the whole of society, that if it wants to be truly a democratic society, it must protect them because it needs them
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The speech of Professor Mario García de Castro during the Roundtable on “Proposals of Civil Society on Transparency and Advanced Democracy” Identifying and disseminating each of the cases of attacks on journalists and information providers in the exercise of their profession is an indispensable necessity for defending the right to freedom of expression and for
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
ECPMF's Managing Director Lutz Kinkel in an interview about press freedom at the Lichtfest 2017 in Leipzig, Germany. The annual festival commemorates the protests of 1989 when people of the GDR demanded democracy and freedom.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
