Journalists’ organisations and international bodies have expressed concern over freedom of the press in Cyprus following revelations that police have questioned journalists about leaked emails
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EU proposal on funding must include media freedom
“A free media is essential for holding state authorities, including their legal system, accountable.”
Are Serbia’s tax inspections being used as a tool to curb the press?
“It’s difficult for me to believe that the motives behind so many frequent and intense inspections are anything but political”
Jimmy Wales: Fake news “a quantum leap we should be very concerned about”
“The advertising-only business model has been incredibly destructive for journalism,” said Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at a Westminster Media Forum event on “fake news”
Confronting SLAPP suits: Don’t let them silence you
As part of our work on media freedom, Index on Censorship is launching a campaign to raise awareness among journalists and activists about the increasing use of legal threats as a means of silencing critics and investigative reporting.
Media in exile: Eurasia’s last vestiges of freedom of expression
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyyet, one of Turkey’s most popular newspapers, was awaiting an appeal on...
In Portugal’s media crisis, photojournalists often pull the shortest straw
“Green receipts” are a way for independent or freelance workers in Portugal to charge companies for their services on an occasional basis, but the system is often abused
New report assesses the state of US press freedoms, shows protests were the most dangerous place for US journalists in 2017
The most perilous place for a journalist in the U.S. last year was at a protest, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press that surveys the 2017 data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Austria: Government’s altering of media landscape raises concern
Austria’s new populist government wants to shift the media landscape of the country
Data Protection Bill must protect press freedom, free speech groups say
Press freedom groups have urged the parliamentary committee considering a proposed new UK data protection law to drop amendments that would force news publishers to sign up to a state-backed regulator or face potentially crippling costs.