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Gianna Iacino
On 17 January 2017, the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that, the right of access to information according to art. 10 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) does not include a general right of access to the internet (application no: 21575/08).
The plaintiff is a prisoner in an Lithuanian prison. He tried to get access to information on how to enroll at a university to study law with a specialization in Human Rights. He wrote to the Ministry of Education and Science, explaining that he was a prisoner and therefore, could not physically attend the place of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Tobias Raab
On 12 January 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that in an Ukrainian case of defamation proceedings, domestic courts had disregarded the high requirements of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to restrict political speech (case no. 19382/08)
The legal dispute started after the defendant, the president of an Ukrainian political party, read a letter out loadly at an event with more than forty other local party members. The letter included a couple of very critical statements about one of the party members, the plaintiff. The letter stated that the plaintiff destroyed…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Gianna Iacino
On 19 January 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that a newspaper does not need to pay damages for calling an actress "completely unknown“ (application no. 52137/12).
The plaintiff is an actress who was appointed to the subsidies advisory board of the Greek Ministry of Culture’s Theatre Department. The defendant, the Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea wrote an article about that appointment referring to the plaintiff as “completely unknown”. The actress brought a libel action against the newspaper and argued to be violated in her personality rights. She felt insulted by the description as “completely unknown”.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Radenko Udovičić
On 20 December 2016, the Journalists Association and the Transportation and Communication Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly held a conference in the Parliament building on ways of providing a sustainable system of funding for the Public Broadcasting System.
An interim solution proposed at the conference was a model of collecting radio and television tax through electricity bills and it was suggested to members of the Broadcasting System Steering Board, as well as heads of the three public broadcasters, to hold talks with relevant people at the three main power companies to conclude contracts on…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ana Ribeiro
Rights violations in Azerbaijan – including against dissidents living in exile and their relatives at home – are intensifying and setting off loud alarm bells among the international community. It’s feared that the regime’s actions threaten the fragile state of independent media in the former Soviet country.
Although Khadija Ismayilova - the most high-profile Azeri journalist to be jailed in recent times - has been released after 538 day behind bars, the situation remains perilous for her and other investigative reporters and critics of the regime. Last month, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upheld Ismayilova’s conviction on charges…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The 7th March 2017, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in coopearation with Partnership for Social Development held a public hearing in the European Parliament on “Media Clientelism Index: Measuring Media Realities in Six South East European Countries”
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
A detailed and unique analysis of the right to access information in Turkey, where not only this right is not being upheld, but also the freedom of expression is heavily violated
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
This week, Ossigeno has verified and made know 4 cases of intimidation against journalists and information operators. Targeted because of their work: Giulia Serra; Paolo Borrometi; Nino Vinella, Michele Straniero. They are 3 men, 1 woman. The methods of intimidation, according to the Ossigeno classification method, fall into the following types: Insult (2), Frivolous defamation lawsuit (1), Threat through Facebook or other
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
All too often, institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina ignore requests for access to information, give only partial answers, or do not reply within the statutory deadline
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
“Stop writing crap” or lawsuits will be launched. The author would be a manager of team who had been criticized. Solidarity from ASR On February 24, 2017 the journalist Alessio Fratini, chief editor of the website calciodellatuscia.it, received a message on his mobile phone with which an anonymous ordered him to stop writing “bullshit” on
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
