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by Katrin WelkerThe Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe published a Recommendation on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists. The Recommendation is based on the documents published by the media, non-governmental organisations and human rights defenders.
The abuses and crimes that journalists are suffering from are described as alarming and unacceptable. They range from being threatened and harassed to torture and even killing because of their investigative work. These crimes especially happen in cases where the work is focused on misuse of power, corruption, human rights violation, criminal activities, terrorism and fundamentalism. Furthermore, the Committee is…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Dan Tench, Partner at Olswang LLP, here reflects on the implications of the recent Brexit vote in the UK on data protection law. For months, data protection lawyers have been warning businesses in the UK to make preparations for the pending General Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”), due to come into force in May 2018. The Regulation provides for […]
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Media Policy Project
by Justyna Gogolewska-ApostelThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg decided that the conviction of a journalist for publishing secret information does not violate the right to freedom of expression protected by article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The applicant is a journalist who published an article about criminal proceedings against a driver who had rammed his car into pedestrians. Known as the Lausanne Bridge Tragedy, this incident triggered a lot of public attention in Switzerland owed to the gravity of its consequences: three dead and eight wounded. In the article,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Katrin Welker On 17 May 2016, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that the publication of a psychological expertise from 1993 concerning a registered psychological expert for court proceedings is not a violation of art. 8 European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR, Applications no. 33677/10 and 52340/10).
The applicant is a psychiatrist and works as a registered psychological expert for court proceedings in custody and child abuse cases since 2000. After an article was published in an online and a printed version of a newspaper, containing excerpts of a psychological assessment of her mental health from the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Twelve 12 months for Antoine Deltour and 9 months for Raphaël Halet) and an acquittal for the investigative journalist (Edouard Perrin, Le Monde). From EFJ Newsletter – Judges in Luxembourg delivered 29 June 2016 a verdict in the LuxLeaks case related to the prosecution of two whistleblowers and a journalist for disclosing confidential documents from auditing firm PwC that showed how 340 multinational companies used
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Alice Webb, Director of BBC Children’s and BBC North, explores some of the challenges facing the BBC as it considers how to deliver exciting and diverse content for children whilst adapting to technological advances. This blog coincides with the publication of a new Media Policy Project policy brief about families and ‘screen time’, authored by LSE’s Alicia Blum-Ross and Sonia Livingstone. Anyone who works […]
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Media Policy Project
Pietro Citrigno is accused of domestic violence against the suicidal journalist Alessandro Bozzo. Prosecutor denies extortion against 5 other reporters On 11 July 2016, in Cosenza, the representative of the public prosecution requested a sentence to four years’ imprisonment for the publisher of the daily Calabria Ora, Pietro Citrigno, charged with the criminal offense of
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Amidst growing pressure on journalism and the freedom of the media in Turkey, a group of journalists has come together to launch a new initiative, named “I am a journalist”
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In Cosenza the lawsuit that the leader of the Northern League had lodged against Annarosa Macrì, a journalist of the Quotidiano del Sud, was sent to the archives The magistrate of the Court of Cosenza, in June 2016, has sent to the archives a libel lawsuit filed by the Northern League’s leader and MEP Matteo
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
As it rarely happens, the alleged perpetrator has been identified and is now on trial. The first time for the FNSI to be amongst the suing parties In the Criminal Court of Ragusa, on July 12, 2016, the trial for the death threats against the journalist Paolo Borrometi, collaborator for the AGI press agency and
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
