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Together with his family. Decided by the Prefects of Reggio Calabria and Naples for threats by members of the ‘Ndrangheta in Terni in March 2015 The journalist Michele Inserra lives protected by the police due to threats received in March of 2015 in Terni (read) by members of the ‘Ndrangheta, while he was in the
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Philipp Filipovski
The editor in chief Can Dündar and his bureau chief Erdem Gül from the oppositional and secular newspaper Cumhurriyet were sentenced to jail by a court in Istanbul for spying and "divulging state secrets".
Can Dündar
Erdem Gül
In January 2014, the newspaper reported about a convoy of trucks close to the Syrian border. The risky truckload: Weapons and ammunition for the rebels fighting against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. It linked the seized trucks to the Turkish Security Service (MIT).
After publishing the delicate issues in May, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had publicly sworn that Dündar will pay a "heavy price".
Turkey denies aiding…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Following the arrest of Dündar and Gül from Cumhuriyet daily, journalists' organizations have made a call on President Erdoğan for releasing the arrested
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
The charges by prosecutors in Torre Annunziata (Naples) concern also the chief editor of the newspaper Il Tempo.it for articles on Fatima, an Italian recruited by ISIS. Solidarity from Order and Union On 12 November 2015, in connection with the publication, in January 2015, of three of his articles in the newspaper Il Tempo.it, the
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The amounts are due to the Ministry of Interior, which has already compensated Mark William Covell with 350 thousand euro. It was decided by the Court of Auditors of the Liguria Region On 17 November 2015, the Court of Auditors of Liguria condemned sixteen police officers to pay compensation of 110 thousand euro to the
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Recent debates on the migrants and refugees crisis have put media under spotlight raising the question of fair and ethical reporting. European Youth Press is currently running ‘World Perspectives: Diversity Voices’ training...
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European Youth Press
Tobias Raab
In its judgement of 15 September 2015 the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof - BGH) has decided that a pupil’s personality rights were violated when a teacher published a book in which she describes the pupil’s classroom behaviour (Case VI ZR 175/14).
In the present case, a teacher published a book, in which she wrote about events that she had experienced at school. In one chapter, the teacher also wrote about a specific pupil. The pupil wanted to skip the 2nd grade. So she joined the teacher’s 3rd grade class to try to see if she was ready…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Michelle Trimborn
Greece currently faces major restrictions in terms of press freedom, partly due to the economic crisis and legislation, but also because of a complex infrastructure that connects economically powerful media owners to political leadership.
Journalists and photographers have been beaten up by police whilst covering demonstrations, and thousands of media workers have lost their jobs, leading to a significant drop in international press freedom rankings. ECPMF’s consortium partner SEEMO (South East Europe Media Organisation) thus sent a diplomatic mission to Greece to better be able to judge the recent developments.
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The mission faced many challenges. During…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Michelle Trimborn
Two journalists from Italy and the USA have been arrested in the city of Polygyros and accused of taking photos of a trial inside a court room without permission, which is prohibited according to Greek law. ECPMF was informed directly about the case.
The two women, Italian film-maker Francesca Pagani and journalist Angela Anderson from the USA, were attending the court case of environmental activists who tried to stop the further development of privately-owned gold mines in the Halkidiki region. The journalists were accused by the judge and were arrested right after the trial by the local police.
Pagani and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Twelve intimidations this week in Italy Twelve. So many where in Italy within the week 16-22 November 2015 the victims of violations of freedom of expression through threats and abuses of Law and judicial proceeding which names Ossigeno added to the Public table of the names of victims that includs journalists, bloggers and operators intimidated. Since January 1, 2015 Ossigeno
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Ossigeno Informazione » english
