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Restrictions on parliamentary reporting violates free expression: MLDI files intervention at European Court

MLDI and four other NGOs have filed a third-party intervention in the European Court of Human Rights case of Iván Szabolcs Mándli and Others v. Hungary. The Court will examine the circumstances under which journalists may be forbidden from entering and reporting from public fora, such as parliamentary premises

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Journalists dismissed from Polish public radio return to work

Two journalists were dismissed in December 2016 from Polish Radio for "disciplinary reasons". Both filed a court action against the dismissal and are now reinstatement to their job

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Montenegro: Indicators for the level of media freedom and journalists’ safety

Supported by the European Union, the Trade Union of Media of Montenegro has produced a report which intends to measure the country's level of media freedom using three main indicators

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Kosovo: Indicators for the level of media freedom and journalists’ safety

Working conditions, legal protection and overall safety of journalists in Kosovo are the focus of this report drafted by the Association of Journalists of Kosovo

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indicators for the level of media freedom and journalists’ safety

Supported by the European Union, the Association of BH Journalists has produced a report which intends to measure the level of media freedom in the country throughout three main indicators

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Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age

The ninth edition of UNESCO publications series on Internet Freedom is dedicated to the crucial relationship between investigative journalism and source protection

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Freedom of Expression in the Age of Globalization

A Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) about the scope, limits and abuses of Freedom of Expression

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Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland

The Strasbourg Court found no violation of the right to freedom of expression where Finnish courts and authorities had prohibited two companies from processing and publishing personal - but already public - tax data, first through a newspaper and later through a text-messaging service

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ECPMF conference “Defending journalists under threat” 05/10/2017 7:00 am - 05/10/2017 6:00 pm

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) organises a one-day conference at the...


Empower democracy, #SaveYourPress

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

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