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by Jaz Allen- Sutton
ECPMF’s correspondent Jaz Allen Sutton is daily witnessing the violence and repression of press freedom surrounding the Catalonia independence referendum and has written this personal account...
Under Franco there was no freedom of speech. There was no media freedom and no protection of human rights. Despite the popular assumption that Spain has left its authoritarian past well behind, recent events in Catalonia suggest that Franco’s ghost still haunts the province.
Photo: Jaz Allen-Sutton
Wives talk about leaving their “fascist” husbands. Kids get bullied because of a particular association between a football strip and Spain. Accusations of aiding and abetting backstabbers…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Ossigeno’s review. Last news about attacks and violations of freedom of the press in Italy and other countries and about initiatives to tackle the issue Press Freedom Under Threat. Ossigeno at Ghent University. October 10 Ossigeno organize an international seminar with scholars, students and journalists about tools to monitor attacks against media Attack against Paolo
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
After almost two months in Spanish extradition detention Turkish-Swedish Hamza Yalçın walks free. In this emotional letter he thanks the Freedom-of-Expression community for its solidarity. It was read out loud at ECPMF's conference "Defending journalists under threat".
Hamza Yalçın released from prison in Spain after almost two months in extradition detention (photo: privat)
To the Conference,
Thank you all for your attention and solidarity. I believe that there can be no freedom in the world if it is not supported by networks of solidarity.
Now, I will tell you about my days of imprisonment in Barcelona.
I thought that they could deport me and hand…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking minimum four (4) and maximum six (6) new members as well as a Treasurer to join the Executive Board for the 2018/2020-mandate period. The elections will take place at the General Assembly of the European Youth Press on 25–26 November 2017 in Antwerp, […]
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European Youth Press
The European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking new members to join the Advisory Board for the 2018/2020-mandate period. The elections will take place at the General Assembly of the European Youth Press on November 25-26, 2017 in Antwerp, Belgium. The Advisory Board shall assist and supervise the work of […]
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European Youth Press
The European Youth Press (EYP) is a network of young media makers. The EYP believes in a free and inclusive society that upholds human rights, where unbiased, well-informed and mindful media makers and activists, along with independent and professional media empower and inspire the engagement of well-informed citizens. Our network is gathering think-alike youth […]
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European Youth Press
The European Commission Joint Research Centre – the JRC – is looking for three trainees for the Press Office. The traineeships are located in Ispra (Italy), Petten (Netherlands) and Karlsruhe (Germany), where the JRC has laboratories and offices. The trainees are responsible for the running of the media monitoring activity and assist with daily activities […]
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European Youth Press
An appeal to journalists not to self-censor by ECPMF Journalist-in-Residence Leon Menkshi – in his homeland Albania and everywhere else.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Inserted by AEJ following a notification from Ossigeno. Break-in and theft of documents is considered a case of “harassment and intimidation” and a high-level alert On May, 29, following the proposal by Ossigeno per L’Informazione, the name of the Italian journalist Paolo Borrometi was inserted by the AEJ (Association of European Journalists) on the “Platform
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Giuseppe Le Rose wrote articles on protests for the opening of a landfill. “You will end up in a dump yourself and your committee,” reads an anonymous letter On September 19, journalist Giovanni Le Rose, a collaborator of the online newspaper Il Crotonese, who published news on Crotone and the municipalities in the province, found
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
