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Over twenty against journalists between 2007 and 2011. All of the Provincial Administration. The Carabinieri seized sixteen files after the complaint filed by the Roman press association The Regional Prosecutor of the Court of Auditors has acquired sixteen files relating to lawsuits for libel promoted between 2007 and 2011 by the Province of Latina and
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
He had written on Alqamah.it of a story that concerned the former senator Nino Papania. The politician had also sued him for libel The Court of Trapani, on 16 June 2016, acquitted the journalist Rino Giacalone from the charge of publishing acts covered by secrecy. Giacalone had reported, as of 6 August 2013, in a
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
After five years the journalists Francesco Curreri and Pierluigi Grimaldi won against the president of the Palestrina Football club who had threatened them at the stadium The background: on December 7, 2011, in San Cesareo, in the province of Rome, the first leg football semi-final of the regional stage of the Amateur Italy Cup between
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Legislative changes introduced by the anti-terrorism bill approved by the Russian Duma on 24 June will bring severe restrictions on freedom of expression, freedom of thought and the right to privacy
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In the court of Rovigo, on June 22, 2016, the public prosecutor David Nalin has asked for six months imprisonment for the journalist Alessandro Sallusti, chief editor of the newspaper Il Giornale, sued for defamation by the entrepreneur Mauro Velocci. The prosecutor has instead asked for the absolution of the presenter Corrado Formigli, La Voce
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Flavio Tosi was in bad faith. Now he has to answer for slander and libel. Against Sigfrido Ranucci of the TV show Report used statements obtained with fraud On 23 June 2016 the judge for the preliminary investigations of the Court of Verona has indicted the mayor of Verona, Flavio Tosi, on charges of slander
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Women politicians around the world often experience what Kathleen Jamieson, a researcher in political communication, criticism and campaigning, describes a ‘double bind:’ “women who are considered feminine will be judged incompetent, and women who are competent, unfeminine.”
The post Undermining political competency: A toxic culture of the media focusing on female politician’s aesthetics appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
U.S. President Barack Obama signed law S. 337: FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2016 VIENNA, 4 July 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the signing into law of the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Improvement
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
As Members of the European Parliament try to deal with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, ECPMF and its partner organisations are reminding them that Poland remains an important agenda item.
The planned debate on Poland’s constitutional, police and media reforms has been postponed because of the UK’s vote to quit the European Union.But campaigners for media that are free from political interference and propaganda urge MEPs not to let the Polish situation continue unchallenged.
Read the official letter here.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Alicia Blum-Ross and Sonia Livingstone, from the LSE Department of Media and Communications and the Preparing for a Digital Future research project, explore current attitudes and advice to parents in relation to children and ‘screen time’ and asks whether it is still fit for purpose in today’s world. This blog coincides with a new Media Policy Project policy brief on the subject, authored by Alicia Blum-Ross and […]
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Media Policy Project
