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ECPMF reporter Martin Hoffmann has briefed MPs on the rising number of attacks against journalists, as Germany’s refugee crisis erupts in political violence.
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Martin Hoffmann (ECPMF) at the media and culture commitee of the german parliament. He talks about the ECPMF Fact Finding Mission (screenshot: German Parliament)
He presented the findings of our fact finding mission to the Media and Culture Committee of the German Parliament, (the Bundestag) on 13th of January. At least 49 attacks have been notified for 2015 so far, as ECPMF Fact Finding Mission revealed. It also indicates, that this massive increase is linked to the growing…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Pasqualino Rettura says: “I continue with my work.” Solidarity from Order of Journalists, FNSI, the world of politics and the press In the night between January 5 and 6, in Lamezia Terme, unidentified persons set fire to the car of Pasqualino Rettura, journalist of the daily Quotdiano del Sud. To give notice of the act
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
On Facebook, Giorgio Lugaresi defined Gian Piero Travini and Stefano Severi “as blood-suckers and poor-minded”. He then deleted the post. Order of Journalists of Emilia Romagna defends reporters With a post published on his Facebook page on December 29, 2015 and removed a few hours later, Giorgio Lugaresi, President of Cesena Calcio, insulted two sportswriters,
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
by Jane WhyattPoland’s new government is under intense pressure from the EU Commission and from Europe’s journalists and media freedom campaigns. They fear the new media law aims to get rid of critical journalists and hand power over the national public broadcasting channel TVP directly to the ruling Law and Order Party.
EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told a press conference in Brussels that the Commission’s College had debated the Polish situation in relation to the Rule of Law directive, which governs all member states. He is the EU Vice President for Fundamental Rights.
We need to start a dialogue.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt & Jennifer Rauch
Today marks the launch of the Special Branch Files Project – the first of the projects funded by ECPMF’s Freedom of Expression (Fox) grant offered by the Journalismfund. The website publishes declassified files compiled by the Special Branch, the British police division that was set up to spy on political activists and campaigners in the UK.
Eveline Lubbers PhD, an independant investigator, author, and one of the founders of the Undercover Research Group and Spinwatch, co-founded the project with Nikola Cutcher – a freelance journalist working in broadcast and print media with a passion for…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
A public campaign launched by RTK journalists against censorship and political interference in the national broadcaster achieved positive results. OBC interviewed Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj, editor at RTK, who took part to the campaign
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Germany: German Court negates injunctive relief concerning research work
Tobias Raab
In its judgement of 13 October 2015, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg (Oberlandesgericht Hamburg) decided that an injunctive relief concerning research work can only be granted within very narrow bounds (Case 7 U 4/12).
In the present case, there had been a conflict between a tenant and the manager of his apartment. In front of the recording camera, the tenant accused the manager of breaking into his apartment and causing a water damage in order to make him clear the apartment. Then, the camera team filmed the manager who made clear…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane WhyattTwo German newspapers are accused of racist and sexist imagery. One has apologised. It follows a large number sex assaults by Middle Eastern asylum-seekers on local women at Cologne station on New Year’s Eve. At least two journalists covering protest events against the asylum policy of German Government have been attacked within a week in Cologne and in Leipzig. This is the latest skirmish in the ongoing war of words, with anti-Muslim groups like Pegida attacking the media as ‘liars’, as revealed in ECPMF’s 2015 research www.ecpmf/news/ecpmf/pegida and www.ecpmf/news/ecpmf/Leipzig1212
Süddeutsche Zeitung and Focus two German newspapers are…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The journalist, 81 years old, has accumulated prison sentences for libel for nearly three years. Carlo Parisi calls for mercy Reggio Calabria, 30 December 2015 – The Probate Court of Reggio Calabria, chaired by Vincenzo Pedone, ordered the revocation of the house arrest for the journalist Francesco Gangemi, 81 years old, arrested in early December
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The author is project manager at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom in Leipzig and former senior lecturer at the University of Westminster By Jane Whyatt – From ecpmf. eu web site – It is assumed by many that journalists in Europe are not censored and the existence of a free press is
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