Curated by the foreign affairs editorial staff at Radio Popolare, the fifith episode within the ECPMF project features Marzia Bona, OBC, presenting a new online platform: the Resource Centre on Media Freedom.
Between October-December, 2015, 31 journalists, eight distributors have been put in prison, 15 journalists and two media groups and organs attacked, three Syrian journalists killed, 213 media employees unemployed and action taken on 93 persons including 42 journalists due to defaming the President. ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to 17,000 euro.
For the third time, journalists in Serbia demonstrated throughout the country to demand the resignation of the Minister of Defence, Bratislav Gašić, which addressed sexist comments against a journalist. They also denounced the authoritarian yoke covering the press. Prime Minister Vučić had promised the dismissal of his minister.
The privatisation of Tanjug is a perfect example of the way in which laws are circumvented in Serbia. Two months after the decision on closure, "extinguished" Tanjug engages journalists selected without publicly disclosed criteria and broadcast news.
In a context marked by self-censorship and tabloidisation, quality journalism has become an almost impossible mission in Serbia. Controlled by political and economic elites, the media show to prefer entertainment to real investigation. The Foundation Slavko Ćuruvija, named after the journalist murdered in 1999, works to promote a free and independent press. An interview with Ilir Gasi, its Director.
Nicolas Don is a French journalist of Romanian origin , that came in Romania in December 1989, being the witness of the Romanian Revolution and the events that occurred in all the time after. During this time, he was a keen observer of Romanian press developments and its sideslips
Reporters Without Borders has called on the Constitutional Court to release Can Dündar and Erdem Gül who are under arrest for a month due to their report on the trucks of the Turkish National Security Organization.
