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Unexpectedly, the hearings already ended on Wednesday, 25 April 2018, with the verdicts. The sentences are less high than suspected. But high enough to give a clear signal to those believing in a free press. ECPMF's Nora Wehofsits is on-site monitoring the trial.
Cumhuriyet trial: pictures from the courtroom (by Murat Basol, Zeynep Ozatalay, Nalan Yirtmac)
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From 24 to most likely 27 April, 2018 eighteen journalists and executives of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet are standing trial again in Silivri Prison. This major case has become a symbol of the supression of media freedom and freedom of expression in…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Unexpectedly, the hearings already ended on Wednesday, 25 April 2018, with the verdicts. The sentences are less high than the charges. But high enough to give a clear signal to those believing in a free press. ECPMF's Nora Wehofsits is on-site monitoring the trial.
Cumhuriyet trial: pictures from the courtroom (by Murat Basol, Zeynep Ozatalay, Nalan Yirtmac)
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE NEWEST ENTRY
From 24 to most likely 27 April, 2018 eighteen journalists and executives of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet are standing trial again in Silivri Prison. This major case has become a symbol of the supression of media freedom and freedom of expression…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Unexpectedly, the hearings already ended on Wednesday, 25 April 2018, with the verdicts. The sentences are less high than the charges. But high enough to give a clear signal to those believing in a free press. ECPMF's Nora Wehofsits is on-site monitoring the trial.
Cumhuriyet trial: pictures from the courtroom (by Murat Basol, Zeynep Ozatalay, Nalan Yirtmac)
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE NEWEST ENTRY
From 24 to most likely 27 April, 2018 eighteen journalists and executives of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet are standing trial again in Silivri Prison. This major case has become a symbol of the supression of media freedom and freedom of expression…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
ECPMF welcomes EU whistleblowing directive proposal
After at least two years of negotiations the EU Commission finally decided to strengthen legal protection for whistleblowers.
"Individuals may come forward with information on wrongdoing with no fear", says ECPMF's legal advisor Flutura Kusari
On Monday, April 23rd, 2018 First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans and Justice Commissioner Vera Jourová presented a new proposal for an EU-wide Whistleblower Directive. Recent cases like Cambridge Analytica, Panama Papers and Dieselgate have again shown how important it is to shield those who expose wrongdoing. Until now there are just ten of 28 European countries, including Ireland and France, systematically protecting whistleblowers from employer persecution. This…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
A new study reveals the concentration of the media in Albania in the hands of a few owners – inevitably undermining pluralism in the market
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
A new study reveals the concentration of the media in Albania in the hands of a few owners – inevitably undermining pluralism in the market
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
The initiative of the magistrates involved individuals featured in the shocking investigation published in 2011 by a small newspaper in the town. The astounding operation conducted by the public prosecutors of Rome and Messina which on the 6th February 2018 led to the Guardia di Finanza arresting 15 individuals among whom a magistrate (Giancarlo Longo,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Emil Weber
The European Commission has praised Macedonia and Albania for recent progress regarding freedom of expression, while Turkish politics continue to be most alarming.
EU Commission, Brussels
In separate reports published on 17 April 2018, for the assessment of the countries’ annual situation regarding a potential European Union enlargement, the Commission acknowledged that Macedonia made "good progress", Albania "some progress" whereas, the other Western Balkan states Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia made no progress at all.
The assessments come almost two months after the Commission published a "Western Balkan Strategy" where it reiterated the EU perspective for the six…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Founder of the website La Spia, with legal training, has lived for four years with a police escort. With his investigations Paolo Borrometi has documented the active presence of the Mafia in the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse. “Have him killed, but what ……is it to us” rages the boss of Cosa Nostra of the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This reconstruction of the most serious attacks against the Sicilian journalist because of his articles was published on the 11th April 2018 by Agenzia Italia. Paolo Borrometi, 35, from Modica (Ragusa), journalist, editor of the website “La Spia” and collaborator with AGI, author of investigations into the Mafia and criminal activity, under armed escort for
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione