Curated by the "Foreign affairs" editorial staff of Radio Popolare, the first episode of the second year of the ECPMF project, of which Radio Popular is media partner. Dimitri Bettoni, OBC correspondent from Istanbul, reports on the situation of press freedom in the country.
The Turkish Publishers Association has reacted against Avesta Publications’ depot’s being set on fire in Diyarbakır. The depot of the Avesta Publications located in İskenderpaşa neighborhood of Sur district in Diyarbakır province was set on fire by unidentified people on the evening of June 10, 2016.
Despite the arrest of two suspects in 2014, the Prosecution closed the investigation into the beating of journalist Tufik Softic, that took place in 2007.
"Protecting jobs and independence of journalists from media owners": this is the official motivation for which the ruling party DPS demanded that the parliamentary committee monitoring attacks on journalists extended its functions in order to deals with autonomy and independence of the media and journalists. Three MPs of the opposition voted against such a proposal, deeming that it is actually aimed at discrediting the work of journalists.
The montenegrian government wants to shed light on the murder of Duško Jovanović. The people behind the murder of the opposition journalist Duško Jovanović are still running free, but the authorities have just proposed a reward for new information.
Journalists Mahmut Bozarslan, Hatice Kamer and Sertaç Kayar shooting around the police station due to the bomb attack at the Security Directorate in Midyat have been attacked.
BHRT, the national TV channel, risks suspending its programming from June 30th, as a consequence of financial difficulties and the government's inability to adopt an effective reform of the public broadcasting system. Bosnia and Herzegovina is at risk of becoming the only Europe country without a national television.
For several months, after the vote on the new media law, it is ongoing a real cleansing that involves the local radio and television stations of Vojvodina. All the local media, privatized one by one, are coming under control of some businessmen close to the ruling party
