MEDIA FREEDOM ALERTS: Turkish Journalists Accuse Pro-Government Think Tank of ‘Blacklisting’ Turkish Staff at International Broadcasters
CATEGORY Harassment and intimidation of journalists PARTNER EFJ/IFJ AEJ IPI The Turkish Journalists’ Union (TGS), an IFJ/EFJ affiliate is taking legal action against the Foundation for Political Economic and Social Research (SETA), a pro-government organisation which...
Press freedom groups tell governments in London for press freedom meeting: pledges “not credible” without action
On 9 July, 33 press freedom and media development organisations met in London in advance of the Global Media Freedom Conference to call on all participating States to ensure the protection and safety of all journalists and media workers in compliance with their...
AEJ-Bulgaria Condemns Sentence Against Journalist Rossen Bossev
Sofia City Court has confirmed the Sofia Regional Court’s sentencing of Rossen Bossev, a journalist at Capital Weekly and member of the Executive Board of the Association of European Journalists in Bulgaria, AEJ-Bulgaria, to a fine of 1,000 BGN [500 euros] in a...
“Media freedom attacked with impunity in Europe”
By Otmar Lahodynsky The original version of this article was published in the Austrian newspaper „Die Presse“ on 2 May 2019. On May 4th in “NewEurope-Magazine”, Brussels “Targeting journalists puts everyone’s liberties at risk,” warned Harlem...
