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The story of Muhammad Yasir, Pakistano journalist who fled from his country and who now lives in the nylon tents of the migrant camp in Velika Kladusa
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
The story of Muhammad Yasir, Pakistano journalist who fled from his country and who now lives in the nylon tents of the migrant camp in Velika Kladusa
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
By Ahmed Zidan, Committee for the Protection of Journalist’s digital manager
On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman,tweeted about the decline of press freedom in his home country. If you can see his tweet, you are probably not in Turkey because it is among the over 1.5 million tweets belonging to journalists and media outlets censored there under Twitter's "country withheld content" (CWC) policy
Picture: CPJ
Since 2012,13 countries have used Twitter's CWC tool to effectively censor content, according to the social media platform's transparency reports. Governments usually cite laws around national security, counter-terrorism, defamation, or hate speech when requesting…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Ahmed Zidan, Committee for the Protection of Journalist’s digital manager
On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman,tweeted about the decline of press freedom in his home country. If you can see his tweet, you are probably not in Turkey because it is among the over 1.5 million tweets belonging to journalists and media outlets censored there under Twitter's "country withheld content" (CWC) policy
Picture: CPJ
Since 2012,13 countries have used Twitter's CWC tool to effectively censor content, according to the social media platform's transparency reports. Governments usually cite laws around national security, counter-terrorism, defamation, or hate speech when requesting…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Ahmed Zidan, Committee for the Protection of Journalist’s digital manager
On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman,tweeted about the decline of press freedom in his home country. If you can see his tweet, you are probably not in Turkey because it is among the over 1.5 million tweets belonging to journalists and media outlets censored there under Twitter's "country withheld content" (CWC) policy
Picture: CPJ
Since 2012,13 countries have used Twitter's CWC tool to effectively censor content, according to the social media platform's transparency reports. Governments usually cite laws around national security, counter-terrorism, defamation, or hate speech when requesting…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In May 2018, UK Government set out its plan to publish a Code of Conduct and develop proposals to legislate on Internet safety. In July 2018 the Internet Commission’s Dialogue on Digital Responsibility convened leading thinkers and civil society advocates to debate related proposals from others about transparency reporting, an accountability framework and the idea of a duty of care […]
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Media Policy Project
Deadline for receiving applications is 4 September 2018, 23:59 CET. Are you young enthusiast working or volunteering for non-governmental organisations? Do you want to learn how to write successful project proposals and raise money for your organisational activities? Do you want to learn how to keep other people motivated and engaged? Then this call […]
The post “Moving ideas forward: guidance to successful youth organisations” TC in Podgorica, Montenegro appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
By Jane Whyatt and Lucie Sykorovà
Six months to the day since reporter Jàn Kuciak and his fiancée were murdered in Slovakia, many questions remain unanswered.
A resolution was approved by the European Parliament to better protect journalists. Slovakia must ensure an international investigation into the murder of Ján Kuciak.
No-one has been charged in connection with the deaths. Jan Kuciak was shot twice in the chest at close range and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova died from a single bullet wound in the head. The police chief in charge of the investigation, Milan Lučansky, has apologised for his public silence and given a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Jane Whyatt and Lucie Sykorovà
Six months to the day since reporter Jàn Kuciak and his fiancée were murdered in Slovakia, many questions remain unanswered.
A resolution was approved by the European Parliament to better protect journalists. Slovakia must ensure an international investigation into the murder of Ján Kuciak.
No-one has been charged in connection with the deaths. Jan Kuciak was shot twice in the chest at close range and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova died from a single bullet wound in the head. The police chief in charge of the investigation, Milan Lučansky, has apologised for his public silence and given a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Jane Whyatt and Lucie Sykorovà
Six months to the day since reporter Jàn Kuciak and his fiancée were murdered in Slovakia, many questions remain unanswered.
A resolution was approved by the European Parliament to better protect journalists. Slovakia must ensure an international investigation into the murder of Ján Kuciak.
No-one has been charged in connection with the deaths. Jan Kuciak was shot twice in the chest at close range and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova died from a single bullet wound in the head. The police chief in charge of the investigation, Milan Lučansky, has apologised for his public silence and given a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
