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By Jane Whyatt, research by Balazs Nagy Navarro and Ljliljana SmailovićHungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is under fire, with protest letters from ECPMF being delivered to his embassies and consulates across Europe on 14 April.
Our letter calls on him to investigate press freedom violations and defend journalists’ right to cover the refugee crisis.
Viktor Orbán (Picture: European People's Party, EPP Summit 2015-06 Orbán 4 (cropped), Montage, CC BY 3.0 / Beek100, Berlin, Mitte, Unter den Linden 76, Botschaft von Ungarn 01, Montage, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Examples of restrictions include:
Journalists banned from entering refugee camps
A memo to employees of the Hungary public…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ana Ribeiro and Michelle Trimborn
German comedian Jan Böhmermann has announced that the next issue of his TV-programme Neo Magazin Royale will not be produced due to public pressure. Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin has asked for Germany to prosecute Böhmermann over insulting Turkish President Erdoğan with a poem on air.
Jonas Rogowski, Jan Böhmermann in Rostock 2014 05, CC BY-SA 3.0
The move comes shortly after the German Foreign Office – quoting the right to freedom of expression – declined Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s request to stop the publication of a satirical video by extra3, a comedy programme…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Following the adoption of the Strategy for the Rights of the Child by the Council of Europe, LSE’s Sonia Livingstone outlines the impact that the Strategy will have on children’s online rights and argues that there is a need for considerable public debate to address the challenges of policy coordination for the 47 member states involved. What rights do children have online? […]
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Media Policy Project
In the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, words play a crucial role. Security and confidence building initiatives should include the foundation of a brand new glossary
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In a few months it has become the reference point for journalists and bloggers suffering from spurious charges. From London, the support of the MLDI In a few months the One-Stop Shop Legal Desk by Ossigeno per l’Informazione, coordinated by the lawyers Andrea Di Pietro and Valerio Vartolo, has become the reference point for reporters
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Roberto Pelucchi of La Gazzetta dello Sport had been attacked by fans of the Atalanta club for an article published in October 2014. According to the judge, the reporter was unwise On April 1st, 2016 the judge for preliminary investigations of Bergamo welcomed the request to send to the archives brought forward by the prosecutor
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Irini Katsirea, Reader in International Media Law at the University of Sheffield explains the position of the electronic press under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, and the implications of the New Media Online case for the future of media frameworks. The regulation of the press in an era of media convergence is a thorny issue, which regulators around the world […]
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Media Policy Project
He got closer to ask a question about Tempa Rossa. He was also mocked. “Respect is needed” said the journalist of La Gabbia. The comment by Ossigeno On April 5, 2016, in Rome, the journalist Nello Trocchia, reporter of the television show La Gabbia (broadcast on La7), was blocked like a rugby player from an
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The European Youth Press’ Orange Magazine is looking for young multimedia journalists, radio journalists, photographers and video-makers (aged between 18 and 30) from all over the world to cover this year’s Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum to be held in Bonn, Germany from 13th to 15th June 2016.
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European Youth Press
The DW Akademie’s Master’s Program “International Media Studies” is accepting online applications until 30th April 2016.
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European Youth Press
