Encryption under Threat - Reports

Increasingly, cybersecurity and privacy are undermined in the name of security, for example tackling encryption tools. A report by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs explains why Germany should oppose this trend

Is the Ukrainian ban on Russian social media justified? - Legal Resources

The recent ban of Russian social media in Ukraine has provoked intense discussions. The author explores original Ukrainian-language documents to find out more about the official perspective on the ban

Empower democracy, #SaveYourPress - Campaigns

#SaveYourPress supports the approval of the Publisher's Right at the European Parliament to defend intellectual property and independent media

Seminar on "Open licenses, open content, open data: tools for developing digital humanities" - Opportunities

A free of charge 1-day seminar on the benefits of open data, organised by the Estonian Literary Museum

Freedom of the Press Foundation - Stakeholders

Freedom of the Press Foundation supports public-interest journalism worldwide. Involving prominent investigative journalists such as Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras as well as whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden, the foundation focuses on government transparency and compliance with the law and the constitution: as they state, "we strive to make government as open and transparent as possible". To this end, the Foundation promotes advocacy campaigns to defend the rights of journalists and whistleblowers and to keep authorities accountable.

Freedom of the Press Foundation also provides direct support to journalists and media outlets, notably by launching crowdfunding campaigns aimed at supporting critical work carried out by non-profit watchdog organizations, in order to defuse political and financial pressure on them. The Foundation supports investigative reporting also by developing, advertising and teaching journalists to use a variety of tools aimed at protecting digital communications and at making whistleblower submission safer, such as the SecureDrop system. 

Rest and Refuge Scholarships for Journalists - Opportunities

Reporters without Borders Germany and the taz Panter Foundation offer two scholarships to journalists coming from countries in crisis or war, in order for them to spend up to three months in Berlin

Studies find precarious employment tied to digitalisation and the gig economy - Reports

Two recent studies examine the relationship between digitalisation and gig economy in European countries, with its consequences on the precarious status of employment of an incresing number of workers.

Ukraine: impunity persists for the murder of Pavel Sheremet - Reports

A year after journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kiev, Ukraine has so far failed to make progress on the case. A report highlights issues with Kiev’s credibility and suggests the need for an independent probe

Human Rights Monitoring Institute - Stakeholders

Human Rights Monitoring Institute (Žmogaus teisių stebėjimo institutas-ŽTSI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit public advocacy organisation based in Vilnius (LT). Since its establishment in 2003, HRMI has been advocating for full compliance of national laws and policies with international human rights obligations and working to ensure that rights are real and effective in practice.

The team of HRMI lawyers and public policy experts carries out research , drafts legal and policy briefings , compiles reports  to international human rights bodies, undertakes strategic cases  before domestic and international courts, provides expert  consultations and legal services , engages in various national and international projects , delivers conventional  and distance  trainings to law enforcement officers and other professionals. In 2012, HRMI was appointed the national operator of the EEA Grants NGO Programme in Lithuania.

Among its fields of activity, the Institute focuses of freedom of expression, privacy and digital rights.

Conference and Call for Papers "Digital intermediaries and media pluralism" - Opportunities

The conference "Digital intermediaries and media pluralism" aims at exploring the way digital intermediaries (search engines, social media, news aggregators, etc) affect media pluralism and diversity