25 June, 2018 / By Dev Discourse UNESCO’s report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development was the focus of a lively discussion at the annual conference of the International Association of Media and Communication Research, held in Oregon, USA, last week. Six academics from six countries compared the report’s global trends to those…
Vinculan la dimisión de dos presentadores de la TVG con la “manipulación” y “mordaza” del ente autonómico 21 June, 2018 / By laopinioncoruna.es Las tres fuerzas de la oposición en el Parlamento gallego (En Marea, PSdeG y BNG) afearon ayer al presidente de la Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, la “dimisión” de dos presentadores en la…
21 June, 2018 / By Stockholm Center for Freedom Seventeen international organizations defending freedom of expression and the press published a joint letter on Wednesday on the Index of Censorship website addressing all the Turkish presidential candidates in the upcoming election on June 24. “Your term starts in critical times. Freedom of expression in particular has declined…
21 June, 2018 / By Dru Sefton, current.org Revamped editorial standards for PBS emphasize inclusive content and fine-tune guidelines for the network’s social-media messaging. The standards govern “everyone who creates, evaluates, or oversees content for PBS,” according to the 14-page document. The revised rules, which took a year to craft, were approved by the PBS Board…
19 june, 2018 / By Gbatemah Senah, bushchicken.com MONROVIA, Montserrado – The government of Liberia has announced an immediate suspension of all new operating licenses and authorization it issued to media operators between January 1 and June 18, this year. In a release issued by the Ministry of Information on Monday, the government disclosed that it…
19 June, 2018 / By Emir Olivares Alonso, lajornada.com.mx Ciudad de México. El ataque expansivo contra los periodistas y el periodismo representan hoy la amenaza más directa y significativa a la libertad de expresión en México, señalan los relatores especiales para la Libertad de Expresión de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas y de la Comisión…
18 june, 2018 / By timesofmalta.com MEP Francis Zammit Dimech will serve as rapporteur for his political grouping on legislation concerning whistleblowers. Dr Zammit Dimech will report back to his EPP colleagues on progress Euro-parliamentarians have made in proposing strengthened legislation to ensure whistleblowers across the EU are protected. “After standing up for what is right and exposing breaches of EU law…
18 june, 2018 / By Interfax-Ukraine, kyivpost.com OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir has criticized amendments to the law on media adopted by the Belarusian parliament last week. “The adoption of these amendments sends a worrying signal about media freedom and pluralism,” Desir said in a statement published on the OSCE’s website.…
15 June, 2018 / By derechosfundamntales Silvia Grundmann, the Head of the Media and Internet Division at the Council of Europe, presented and promoted the latest standards related to media ownership, transparency and regulation at the Inter-parliamentary Conference on “Upholding the freedom of expression, including media freedom, in the EU and beyond” on 14-15 June…
15 June, 2018 / By @Juanmafdez, El Español Desde la campaña electoral, el ahora presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, siempre tuvo muy claro cuál era el modelo que quería para RTVE. De hecho, en su pacto con Ciudadanos, uno de los puntos era modificar el nombramiento de los miembros del Consejo de RTVE. Pero no era la única medida…
14 June, 2018 / By Latinamerican Herald Tribune The French-based, international Non-Government-Organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organized on Wednesday a street campaign in Paris to draw attention on the Russian government’s freedom of the press track record under the slogan “During the World Cup, the repression continues.” On the eve of the start of the…
13 June, 2018 / By The Moscow Times Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has used the international focus on Russia ahead of the World Cup to shed light on the plight of imprisoned journalists. RSF ranked Russia’s press freedom in 148th place out of 180 countries this year. The organization says at least 34 journalists have been killed…
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