15 August, 2018 / By EFE, lavanguardia.com El ministro del Sistema Federal de Medios y Contenidos Públicos de Argentina (Sfmcp), Hernán Lombardi, defendió hoy el despido de más del 40 % de la plantilla de la agencia estatal de noticias argentina Télam alegando que su “crecimiento exponencial” había puesto en “riesgo” sus cuentas. “Télam es…
December 6, 2017 / By David Kaye, http://www.scoop.co.nz/ Mexico must take bold steps to address the violence faced by journalists, two human rights experts have stated after a week-long official mission examining freedom of expression in the country. “Violence against journalists has been a crisis for Mexico for more than a decade, and yet, despite the Government’s…
October 26, 2017 / By The Malta Independent “The European Parliament will stand firm behind the Caruana Galizia family and the people of Malta and will continue to follow the case closely. Justice must prevail,” Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament said. He was a meeting Maltese MEP Francis Zammit Dimech to discuss the latest…
Oktober 18, 2017 / By Paola Nalvarte y Teresa Mioli Los periodistas fueron el blanco del sentimiento y acciones antiprensa de funcionarios públicos, fuerzas del orden y de ciudadanos antes y durante las elecciones regionales del 15 de octubre, en más de 23 gobernaciones de Venezuela. IPYS Venezuela elaboró un mapa con el registro de las violaciones a…
Oktober 17, 2017 / By FRA The FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, outlined the difficulties in today’s media landscape when opening the General Affairs Council’s annual rule of law dialogue on 17 October in Luxembourg. Addressing Ministers and State Secretaries responsible for EU affairs he suggested five initiatives he felt could help strengthen media pluralism…
Oktober 13, 2017 / By Julia Reda, Internautas Un nuevo estudio realizado a petición del Parlamento Europeo considera que el derecho de autor adicional previsto para los sitios de noticias es una idea terrible. Pero los diputados al Parlamento Europeo no podrán enterarse de ello hasta después de que hayan votado la polémica propuesta. “Hay preocupaciones…
Oktober 9, 2017 / By Servimedia La Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información (PDLI) lanzó hoy el ‘Manifiesto por un periodismo responsable ante el conflicto catalán’. Según informa la PDLI en un comunicado, “los últimos acontecimientos en relación con el conflicto catalán y el tratamiento informativo del que están siendo objeto, obligan a…
Oktober 6, 2017 / By Civil Georgia, Tbilisi Civil.ge spoke about the press freedom developments in Georgia and the region to OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, who visited Tbilisi on October 2-4 and met with the country’s authorities, as well as the representatives of media and civil society organizations. My first question…
21 September, 2017 / By rcmediafreedom The media sector in Montenegro is characterised by strong political polarisation. The few examples of non-aligned investigative journalism are subject to both direct and indirect pressure by the financial and political powers in the form of legal actions and, in the worst cases, of physical attacks to reporters and their property. The…
September, 15 / By La Vanguardia Evaluará “cómo proceder” si llega una nueva demanda de spot del referéndum La presidenta en funciones de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Àudiovisuals (CCMA), Núria Llorach, ha afirmado este viernes que la corporación no pondrá en riesgo la seguridad jurídica de los trabajadores ante el referéndum convocado para…
September 14, 2017 / By Sylvia Villa The provisions of Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act imposes criminal responsibility for defamatory and seditious libel publication. This section of the Public Order Act has been described by journalists as “odious” and “obnoxious”. For many journalists, they see the repeal of the Public Order Act as…
March 10, 2017/ By EUI The Summer School is organised by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (EUI). The EUI is a renowned international institution, hosting a community of more than 1000 academics and policy-makers from over 60 countries.…
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