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The case of Gabriele Carchidi, chief editor of iacchite.com. Four convictions in court in eight months without conditional suspension of the sentence Over the last eight months, Gabriele Carchidi, a 52-year-old journalist from Cosenza, chief editor of the online newspaper www.iacchite.com, was convicted by the Tribunal of Cosenza four times, always for libel. In total,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Jane Whyatt
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom has responded to the European Commission consultation on whistleblower protection. The consultation is still open and the deadline for responses is 29th May 2017.
ECPMF legal advisor Flutura Kusari.
The European Commission aims to collect information on the benefits and drawbacks of whistleblower protection and on the elements that are important for effectively protecting the people shedding light on wrongdoings. The EC's move came following the proposal by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament for an EU directive to protect whistleblowers.
ECPMF legal advisor Flutura Kusari has submitted a detailed response…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt
Everyone, it seems, is talking about fake news. And the ECPMF is not only talking, but taking action.
In this year of elections and referenda all over Europe, in the Netherlands, Turkey, France, UK, Germany and Italy, journalists are battling against political propaganda. Some face death threats, imprisonment, intimidation and smear campaigns by those who defame them as the "lying press".
To help the journalists and their defenders, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom offers practical case studies, new technology solutions and strong solidarity at an international conference and Members’ Assembly in Leipzig on 13 and 14…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ingo Beckendorf
A journalist can assert a right to information of the press against an incorporated company for general public services which are controlled by the public hand. That was decided by the first civil division of the German Federal Court, the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), on 16 of March 2017 (judgment rn.: I ZR 13/16).
The claimant is a journalist. He wrote an article about the financing of the federal election campaign of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) in 2013 and earlier state elections of the SPD in North-Rhine Westphalia. In this context, the newsman investigated…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Annelies Vandendriessche
After re-examining the case in its entirety, the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg has reached a verdict in the LuxLeaks Trial. All three defendants requested acquittal based on Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) concerning freedom of expression.
Antoine Deltour (photo: private)
Antoine Deltour, Raphaël Halet and Edouard Perrin were accused of multiple infractions of the Criminal Code: domestic theft (Article 464), fraudulent access to a database (Article 509-1), violation of trade secrets (Article 309) and of professional secrecy (Article 458), and laundering and possession (Article 506-1). The trial concerned the leaking of confidential documents…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The European Youth Press’ Orange Magazine is looking for young multimedia journalists, radio journalists, photographers and video-makers
The post Call for Orange Magazine Team to cover the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2017 appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15 May 2017 The British Council along with the International Olympic Truce Centre is organizing the 3rd Imagine Peace Youth Camp. The Youth Camp will take place in International Olympic Academy Facilities in Ancient Olympia, Greece, from 27 August until2 September 2017. Participants need to arrive in Athens on the 26th August and depart from Athens on […]
The post Call for participants for Peace Youth Camp appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Digital services are reshaping city life. To ensure that digitalisation is a positive force in the city, the role of the city administration needs to be rethought. Following the second meeting in LSE’s Digital Life series in March, Visiting Fellows Jonny Shipp and Dr Ioanna Noula discuss the challenges and opportunities for city leaders, citizens and companies in creating better […]
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Media Policy Project
Football: 43 aggressions, threats and lawsuits against bothersome reporters So many cases recorded in two years. Difficult relationships between media and sports. And the Anti-Mafia Commission investigates infiltrations by organized crime In the football world, the relationship between sports clubs and journalists becomes increasingly difficult due to intimidation and aggression by the fans and quarrels
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
It remembers the journalists killed because of their work. Delivered to the Mayor Sabrina Anselmo and to the Counselor Viviana Normando The Memory Panel by Ossigeno per l’Informazione “They were looking for the truth. Twenty-eight names a single history”, which recalls the twenty-eight Italian journalists who died because of their work, was posted in the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
