ECPMF news

Journalism in Turkey: my days in jail after the coup

15/09/2016 -  Bülent Mumay* Istanbul

The attempted coup of July 15 and its harsh impact on Turkish media and journalists. An editorial by Bulent Mumay, of one of the journalists arrested in those days and later released

Western Balkans Public Media on Life Support

15/09/2016

Public service broadcasters in the Western Balkans have become increasingly unaccountable to their audiences and tone deaf to their needs. At stake is the very legitimacy of public service broadcasting in the region

Fair Trial Sought for Montenegrin Investigative Reporter

12/09/2016

Media organizations have demanded the release of the investigative journalist Jovo Martinovic following claims that the prosecution pressured another suspect in the drug-related case to accuse him falsely

Turkey: International civil society condemns crackdown on freedom of expression

09/09/2016

From 31 August to 2 September, an international delegation of civil society organisations visited Istanbul to demonstrate solidarity with writers, journalists, and media outlets in Turkey

European Commission eager to foster media pluralism and public service media in Western Balkans

08/09/2016

A delegation of the EFJ met EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn to discuss how to improve working conditions of journalists in the Western Balkans

Turkey: Evrensel journalists must be released immediately

07/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is backing the urgent call of his affiliates in Turkey, demanding the immediate release of Turkish journalists Cemil Ugur and Halil Ibrahim Polat

Freedom of Expression on the Internet and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization

06/09/2016

In Sarajevo a two day workshop promoted by OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ukraine: freedom of the press jeopardized

06/09/2016 -  Danilo Elia

One month after the car bomb that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the discovery of Alexander Shchetinin’s death. These casualties mark a climate of rising pressure against the Ukrainian press

Croatia: Media Freedom in Turbulent Times

31/08/2016

A report based on June 2016 Joint International Mission to Croatia warns against government interference in the public broadcaster activities

Macedonia: Free Zoran Bozhinovski

29/08/2016

The IFJ has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of jailed Macedonian freelance journalist Zoran Bozhinovski