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Collaboration projects were examined for the monitoring of threats to journalists in Spain. The round table at the University Rey Juan Carlos Attacks on press freedom, threats to journalists and misuse of law to limit the right to information are manifest in Italy and Spain through common characteristics. Ossigeno per l’Informazione has teamed up with
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Tried for seven articles on the investigation “Lucan Togas” published on the weekly Il Resto and not appreciated by the plaintiff, former Senator Emilio Nicola Buccico In the hearing of 6 April 2016 Judge Maria Teresa Dezio of the Court of Salerno, acquitted – believing the accusations to be unfounded – the journalists Nicola Piccenna
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The memory of the professor entrusted to the words of his wife, Cristina Cappello: “He never missed an opportunity to say that Society needs a free journalism” The No-Profit Association Ossigeno per l’Informazione is organizing the first edition of the Paolo Mario Grego Award and in this regard announces a competition for the award of
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Flavia Mosca Goretta of Radio Popolare in 2011 had followed a protest in the Susa Valley. On 7 April 2016, the Supreme Court has upheld the first instance judgment On 7 April 2016, the Supreme Court has sentenced, upholding the judgment of the Court of Turin, the journalist Flavia Mosca Goretta, collaborator of Radio Popolare,
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The meeting organized in Berlin by “Ossigeno” and “Mafia? Nein Danke!”. The topic will be discussed further in public lectures in Italy and other countries The German journalists representatives of NGOs and defenders of press freedom that on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016, attended the meeting in Berlin organized by “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” and by “Mafia?
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
“I’m coming to kill you all” a man involved in a 2013 report on alleged scams related to charity works shouted over the phone The reporter for the TV satirical newsreel Striscia la Notizia, Mr Max Laudadio, received a death threat over a phone call that one of his collaborators received from Antonio Sportiello, a man
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Katrin Welker The German Supreme Court Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) has decided that a request to terminate the bank account of an interest group of fur farmers addressed to that group’s bank can be considered a legal call for boycott (AZ: VI ZR 302/15, 19 January 2016).
An animal rights association published an article on its website addressed to the bank of an interest group which represents fur farmers. In its article, the animal rights group asked the bank to terminate the bank account of group. The article was accompanied by representations of the housing conditions of animals. The association of fur…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Oliver Vujovic, SEEMOJournalists in South East and Central Europe often fill an institutional gap by investigating corruption that is being ignored by state authorities. This includes investigating corruption inside the police force.
SEEMO organised a panel during the International Journalism Festival IFJ16 in Perugia, Italy (Photo: SEEMO)
SEEMO organised a panel during the International Journalism Festival IFJ16 in Perugia, Italy, to reveal the extent of the problem. It took place on 10 April in a full conference room of the Palazzo Sorbello.
During the panel we learned that in some countries, like Romania, the anti-corruption authority is doing the investigations.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The debate about the BBC has been dominated by the notion of ‘distinctiveness’, but does this represent a productive starting point for the debate and where does it lead us? Through the lens of a Nordic media scholar, Gunn Enli, LSE Visiting Fellow and Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oslo, reflects on the recent debates about the […]
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Media Policy Project
A team of young journalists and photographers is building a new online news service called “AthensLive” to be a good example of independent journalism in Greece. After years of negative headlines about the Greek crisis, they finally want to tell their own story. With a recently launched crowdfunding campaign they want to reach the international audience and make their idea of an independent journalism network come to life. Already they have achieved pledges of almost fifteen thousand euros at the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
ECPMF: After a week, you reached the 20% goal of your crowdfunding campaign, which is great. How…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
