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By Sever Voinescu, the article was originally published by ECPMF's partner Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
Starting from Bucharest newsstands, the closing down of distribution channels of newspapers and magazines represents one of the main threats agains press freedom in Romania. A comment.
A Bucharest newsstand (photo: OBCT)
According to a statement released by newsstand owners last week, the council of sector 4 of Bucharest has been illegally closing off stands. As I write, a one-day strike of the capital's newsstands is being organised. The council denies the allegations, swears that the freedom of the press is its first and last thought every…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The contents of the international seminar “Press freedom under threat”, Ghent University, October, 10 The Programme: See and Download Flier: See and Download The speech of Ossigeno’s President, Alberto Spampinato: Attacks against journalists and violent censorship (English) Download | Gli attacchi ai giornalisti e la censura violenta (Italiano) Scarica More The Observatory proposes training seminars
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Starting from Bucharest newsstands, the closing down of distribution channels of newspapers and magazines represents one of the main threats agains press freedom in Romania. A comment
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Speech at the international seminar “Press freedom under threat” promoted by OSSIGENO per l’Informazione and the Faculty of law and criminology of Ghent University, on October 10, 2017 There are issues that we believe to know very well, but we understand them only in part. We know little about them, we cannot grasp essential aspects of
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
"Defending journalists in danger: solidarity, support and protection". This was the title and the topic of the conference that the European Center for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF ) – a consortium of which OBC Transeuropa is a founding member – organised in Leipzig on October 5th. An opportunity for international dialogue on a wide-ranging topic such as freedom of expression in the Internet age.
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
by Emil Weber
The conviction of a Russian editor for inciting enmity through the dissemination of two articles amounted to freedom of expression violation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided on Tuesday. The articles were supposedly written by Chechen leaders.
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Mr. Stanislav M. Dmitriyevskiy, editor in chief of the monthly newspaper “Pravo-Zashchita” (Protection of Rights) based in Nizhny Novgorod is also the director of the human rights non-governmental monitoring organisation, the “Russian-Chechen Friendship Society”. In early 2004 he republished two articles in his small regional newspaper which were taken from the website Chechenpress.
In the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emil Weber
The conviction of a Russian editor for inciting enmity through the dissemination of two articles amounted to freedom of expression violation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided on Tuesday. The articles were supposedly written by Chechen leaders.
Flag of the Republic of Chechnya
Mr. Stanislav M. Dmitriyevskiy, editor in chief of the monthly newspaper “Pravo-Zashchita” (Protection of Rights) based in Nizhny Novgorod is also the director of the human rights non-governmental monitoring organisation, the “Russian-Chechen Friendship Society”. In early 2004 he republished two articles in his small regional newspaper which were taken from the website Chechenpress.
In the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Jessica Jacques
Journalists criticising Croatian science and higher education institutions, namely declining performance at most of them, are facing abuse and being accused of ’destroying the national order’.
Mićo Tatalović, a native Croatian, who chairs the Association of British Science Writers
Journalists criticising Croatian science and higher education institutions, namely declining performance at most of them, are facing abuse and being accused of ’destroying the national order’.
Mićo Tatalović contacted the ECPMF to report on these worrying developments. A native Croatian, he chairs the Association of British Science Writers, and sits on the board of the Balkan Network of Science Writers. This…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Asli Erdoğan and Deniz Yücel have today been jointly awarded with Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media by the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig.
Asli Erdoğan and Deniz Yücel have today been jointly awarded with Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media by the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig.
"The list of writers and journalists from Turkey is getting longer", said Dr. Harald Langenfeld, chair of the Media Foundation and the Sparkasse Leipzig. “This prize is the symbol of our bond and friendship with the people in Turkey who are fighting for democracy.”
The sister of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emil Weber
Fining a Norwegian journalist for refusing to provide evidence on the source of information amounted to violation of freedom of information on insufficient grounds, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday. That is despite the claims of a convicted insider trader that he was the source.
Tore Sætre, Hausmanns bro Akerselva Atrium (133059), CC BY-SA 4.0
Ms. Cecilie Langum Becker, working for the online Dagens Næringsliv (DN) newspaper ( it means ‘Business Daily’), had received a faxed letter in August 2007. It gave the impression that “it had been written on behalf of a number of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
