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Democratic governments must ensure media freedom and journalists’ safety, OSCE Rep. urges Turkey

VIENNA, 21 July 2016 – The mass cancellation of broadcasting licenses, criminal investigations against, and dismissal of, hundreds of journalists at the state broadcaster,...

Turkey: International community must take a strong stand against freedom violations

Attacks targeting the media in Turkey have led the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) to alert the Council of Europe about a...

CPJ announces 2016 International Press Freedom Award winners

Awardees from Egypt, India, Turkey, and El Salvador New York, July 18, 2016—The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Egypt, India, Turkey, and...

OSCE Rep. mourns photojournalist killed in Turkey, expresses concern for media freedom

VIENNA, 16 July 2016 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today said she was deeply saddened upon learning of the death of photojournalist...

Threats to Serbian journalists: “You Should be Lined up and Shot”

Threats against independent journalists are fairly common in Serbia. But a recent barrage of online harassment against OCCRP partner the Crime and Corruption Reporting...

Protest Held Against ‘Purges’ on Croatian Broadcaster

Several hundred people and journalists protested on Thursday (14 July 2016) against the wave of sackings and cancellation of shows on the public broadcaster...

Five Turkish journalists charged with “divulging state secrets”

PEN International, English PEN, German PEN, Swedish PEN, PEN America, ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists, the Ethical...

SEENPM supports the “I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime!” campaign

The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) supports the “I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime!” campaign launched by media freedom...

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,...

Journalism is Not a Crime!

A group of journalists who have came together against the ever-increasing pressure on the press in Turkey has started a new initiative named “I’am...
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