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Cumhuriyet trial: the crime is journalism

Joint statement of freedom of expression and human rights organizations to call on the institutions of the Council of Europe to remind Turkey of...

‘Weak’ Serbian Media Can’t Resist Political Pressure: Research

Serbian media outlets’ economic weakness means journalists are vulnerable to pressure on their reporting, suggests new research conducted as part of a project involving...

Turkey Trials: “As an observer, the hardest thing is witnessing the lack of justice”

Turkey Programme Officer Georgia Nash of London-based human rights campaign Article 19 has been present at a lot of trials against journalists in Turkey. In...

Serbia: disinformation as political strategy

Media lynching for those who do not toe the government line, judicial authorities that do not protect citizens, independent journalists accused of conspiracy. This...

Personnel Cleanup in Transnistrian Media

Some media outlets from the left bank of the Dniester have been reporting about dismissals of local journalists who used to work in the...

Media Campaign Against Govt. Critics Restarts in Serbia

Media outlets close to the Serbian government have started another round of attacks on civic movements and independent journalists, the latter say.  by Milivoje Pantovic, BIRN,...

Serbia: Staff dismissals at RTV Vojvodina (PSB) provoke strong reactions

Journalists’ and media associations in Serbia strongly condemned staff dismissals at the Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV), the public service broadcaster of the autonomous...

Political Pressures, Economic Insecurity Biggest Threats to Media Freedom in the Balkans

Fear of loosing jobs, politics, and self-censorship are suffocating media freedoms - those are the most common thoughts of dozens of prominent journalists from...
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