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By Emil Weber
Russian customs officers violated a journalist’s right to a private life when they seized and copied files and photos from his laptop without sufficient justification, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided on 13 February 2018.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0)
The top human rights court ruled that Russian law and practice provides only limited safeguards in relation to the right of the executive to interfere in private life, namely the article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Journalist Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivashchenko,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Since the beginning of this year, fifteen journalists have suffered threats and attacks. Representatives of the authorities say that they condemn such attacks, but reject any responsibility for the pressures to which journalists in Serbia are exposed on a daily basis
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Ten years after the global banking collapse, is 2018 the year when Big Technology faces its own existential crisis? LSE’s Charlie Beckett, who is leading the LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, asks whether the digital giants are making the same mistakes as the bankers a decade ago. Ten years ago, not all financial institutions were the same or equally culpable, though the causes and […]
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Media Policy Project
ECPMF strongly condemns the draconian and unfounded verdicts against Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazli Ilicak. This is the joint statement by nine media freedom organisations on the cases.
Silivri prison outside Istanbul (photo: CeeGee, SilivriPrison02, CC BY-SA 4.0)
16 February 2018 – Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazli Ilicak were today convicted of "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order" under Article 309 of the Turkish Penal Code and sentenced to aggravated life sentences, or life without parole.
"These verdicts, the first against journalists accused of being connected to the July 2016 failed coup, set a devastating precedent for the many other journalists…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Das ECPMF begrüßt die Freilassung des Journalisten Deniz Yücel - und jetzt #FreeThemAll!
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Der deutsch-türkische Journalist Deniz Yücel wird nach einem Jahr Haft ohne Anklage in der Türkei freigelassen. Zahlreiche andere Journalisten warten weiterhin auf faire Prozesse.
Die deutsche Regierung hat bestätigt, dass der deutsch-türkische Journalist Deniz Yücel aus dem Silivri-Gefängnis entlassen wird. "Wir sind erleichtert und glücklich über die Nachricht", sagt ECPMFs geschäftsführender Direktor Lutz Kinkel. "Yücels Freilassung ist das Resultat vereinter Bemühungen von Politikern, Journalisten und NGOs, die nicht geruht haben, den Fall publik zu machen und Druck auf die türkische Regierung auszuüben. "Yücel wurde…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The ECPMF welcomes the release of journalist Deniz Yücel - and now #FreeThemAll!
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel will be released after being held in Turkish prison for one year without being indicted. Scores of other journalists in Turkish jails still wait for proper proceedings.
The German government has confirmed that German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel will be released from Silivri prison. "We are relieved and happy about the news," says ECMPF’s managing director, Lutz Kinkel. "Yücel‘s release is the result of a joint effort by politicians, journalists, and NGOs, who never ceased raising awareness for the case and putting pressure on the Turkish government."…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
They had told of presumed phone calls that a sports executive received from the so-called “Gypsy band”. For the judge, the fact does not constitute a crime (read more) The news was reported by IlPiacenza.it (read) on January 19, 2018. The acquitted are: Giuliano Foschini and Marco Mensurati (larepubblica.it), Claudio Malagoli (gazzettino.it), Francesco Ceniti and
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
On 12 January 2018 the online magazine LiveSicilia reported the news (read) On January 26, 2017, Giuseppe Sottile and Claudio Cerasa, directors of LiveSicilia and the newspaper Il Foglio respectively, had been sued by Saverio Masi, marshal of the Carabinieri of police protections service for the Public Prosecutor Nino De Matteo. The Carabiniere challenged the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
It is the penalty, without suspension, that Michele Cagnazzo will have to serve due to the aggravated threats to the detriment of the journalist Alessandra Macchitella, collaborator of the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia. The Court of Taranto established it on 30 January 2018. The sentence of the monocratic judge Alessandra Romano requires the defendant to
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
In February 2015, Davide Vecchi had been accused of illegal data processing in the context of the investigation of the Credit Institute based in Siena On 5 and 6 July 2013, in two articles published on Il Fatto Quotidiano, he reported a dramatic exchange of messages between the managing director Fabrizio Viola and the former
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
