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From 25 to 27 June 2019 the Aladdin Project and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, in cooperation with UNESCO, are organizing a Forum for young Europeans in Berlin, Germany. If you are a student, an engaged citizen, a civil-society activist or all of it together, between the ages of 21 to 29 from a member country […]
The post CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Young Europeans’ Forum – Building Bridges for Social Cohesion appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
by Jane Whyatt
Journalist Jovo Martinović has won the prestigious Press Freedom Prize from Reporters Without Borders in Austria. He gives an interview to the ECPMF as his country, Montenegro, backslides on the rule of law and he faces an 18-month sentence on charges linked to his investigative reporting.
Jovo Martinovic. (photo: Courtecy of Martinovic's family)
ECPMF: You've been convicted and sentenced. What happens next?
My appeal will follow after we receive the verdict with written explanations and that could take some time. It’s been two weeks already. So I am working but being cautious. Like many other journalists, I am under surveillance.
When…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt
MEPs have warned the so-called ’frontrunners’ for EU accession in the Western Balkans - Serbia and Montenegro - that the rule of law must be respected if they are ever to achieve membership of the European Union.
Law and justice. Photo: public domain
The warning comes from a committee meeting in the European Parliament regarding the Western Balkans, as press and media freedom violations continue in both the former Yugoslav states.
"We keep witnessing backsliding, even in the so-called frontrunners [for EU membership in the region] Serbia and Montenegro," said Spanish MEP Javier Couso Permuy, Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The internet is now 30 years old, making it the same age as the key formulation of children’s rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the intervening years, our understanding of the transformative effects of the internet on both society and children have developed in tandem. In this post Sonia Livingstone outlines some of the issues raised by […]
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Media Policy Project
by ECPMF
International press freedom and human rights organisations raised concerns on press freedom in Malta during the 40th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Friday.
Justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta (photo: ECPMF)
delivered on 15 March 2019 at 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Malta’s third review under the UPR has taken place amid increasing concerns over the situation of press freedom and broader freedom of expression in the country, in the lead-up to and aftermath of the October 2017 assassination of the country's foremost investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia. …
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
von Lutz Kinkel
Montagnachmittag, 14.35 Uhr, 16. Oktober 2017. „Wo du auch hinschaust,“ schreibt die maltesische Investigativjournalistin Daphne Caruana Galizia in ihren Blog, „überall sind Gauner. Die Lage ist hoffnungslos.“ Dann geht sie aus dem Haus, steigt in einen weißen Peugot 108 und fährt los. Sekunden später zerfetzt eine Autobombe ihren Körper.
Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on 6 October 2017 in Malta (The Malta Independent/AP/dpa)
Daphne Caruana Galizia wurde 53 Jahre alt. Sie hinterlässt drei Söhne. Jahrelang hatte sie über Korruption auf Malta berichtet, über Briefkastenfi rmen, Geldwäsche und die Verwicklung der amtierenden Regierung in diese Geschäfte. Zuletzt war sie an der Auswertung der…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Pressure on international media in Turkey is increasing. German journalists have been expelled from the country as their press accreditations were not renewed. International freedom of expression organisations urge Turkey’s authorities in a joint alert to revoke the decisions, to stop the expulsion of international journalists, to renew press cards to foreign media outlets, and to respect their independence.
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
By Masha Durkalic
Sexism, difficulties balancing family and professional life, and threats both on and off line are a reality for women journalists around the world.
Sanne Terlingen making a documentary in Eritrea. Photo: Sanne Terlingen / VPRO Argos
On the sidelines of the “UNCOVERED: Investigative Journalism for Europe” conference organised by the European Centre for Press & Media Freedom and held earlier this year in Berlin, RFE/RL Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellow Masha Durkalic spoke to investigative journalists Geesje van Haren (the Netherlands), Sanne Terlingen (the Netherlands), Pavla Holcova (Czech Republic), and Cecilia Anesi (Italy) about the challenges of their profession from…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Daniel Leon
It's a giant leap for whistleblowers! A EU directive now protects whistleblowers by making it legal for them to break news on wrongdoing directly to media outlets or regulators, before first having to check with their bosses.
Whistleblowers in the EU now can blow the whistle more freely. (Photo: public domain)
On 12. March 2019, the European Parliament and European Union Member States reached a provisional agreement on how to protect whistleblowers. This agreement clarifies the directive first suggested by the European Commission in April 2018. This directive made the press and media freedom community quite nervous, as it…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Pressure on international media in Turkey is increasing. German journalists have been expelled from the country as their press accreditations were not renewed. International freedom of expression organisations urge Turkey’s authorities in a joint alert to revoke the decisions, to stop the expulsion of international journalists, to renew press cards to foreign media outlets, and to respect their independence.
Pressure on foreign media in Turkey affront against international press freedom. Picture @ECPMF
Two German journalists were compelled to leave Turkey on Sunday, 10 March 2019, after their press accreditations were not renewed for 2019 without any explanation. Jörg Brase, a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)