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New report shows rising harassment and threats against journalists in Council of Europe states

Press freedom in Europe is more fragile now than at any time since the end of the Cold War. That is the alarming conclusion...

Macedonia: Political developments put media reform on the backburner

Recent political developments have affected the implementation of the reforms in the area of freedom of expression in Macedonia. The focus of government institutions...

Share the “World of Tayyips” and tell Turkey that satire is not a crime

Satirical cartoons of political leaders are widely understood as a crucial form of social commentary around the world. In Turkey, however, they're yet another...

Turkish court hands heavy sentences to Zaman journalists

Turkish authorities should drop all charges against six journalists who worked for the now-shuttered Zaman daily newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The journalists...

Rights organizations defend jailed Turkish filmmakers facing up to 5 years in prison

SEENPM joined more than 40 human rights, film and cultural organizations in defense of imprisoned Turkish filmmakers Cayan Demirel and Ertugrul Mavioglu for their...

A New Wave of Censorship: Distributed Attacks on Expression and Press Freedom

Censorship has evolved. In both authoritarian and democratic contexts, new forms of censorship online are now carried out through distributed attacks on freedom of...

Trust in Ethical Journalism – The Key to Media Futures

If 2017 was the year the world finally woke up to the threat of disinformation and the way internet technologies are secretly and subtly...

Montenegro: With a shot in the leg Olivera Lakic was sent a message to stop reporting

Јournalist of Daily “Vijesti”  from Podgorica, Olivera Lakić, was wounded in the leg on front of the building where she lives. Lakić said that a...

EC Progress Report: Zero tolerance on threats against media in Kosovo

The progress report for Kosovo launched by European Commission on 18 April 2018 repeated the 2016 recommendations and one of them requires swift investigation against...

Brussels is seriously concerned with the state of media freedom in Montenegro: No progress

The European Commission (EC) is seriously concerned about the political interference in the work of the Public Service (RTCG) and the Agency for Electronic...
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JournalismAI Festival 2024: Intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence

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