ECPMF news

Croatia: the attack against journalist Ante Tomić and the disconcerting reaction of the Minister of Culture

05/04/2016

After the attack against journalist Ante Tomić, the controversial reaction by the Minister of Culture sparks concern in Croatia as the Minister recalls the “responsibility for words spoken and written in public”

Trial of Cumhuriyet-journalists: “What we saw was a farce“

29/03/2016

On the first day of the court hearing of Erdem Gül and Can Dündar only one thing became clear: The process against the two journalists will neither be objective nor free of political motivation

Serbia: control the media with the help of the media

30/03/2016 -  Dragan Janjić Belgrado

Smothering the freedom of the press using intense media campaigns in tabloids and the television against individual journalists has now become the sad reality of news in Serbia

Macedonia: Journalists detained during March of Hope

17/03/2016

Journalists and activists have been detained by Macedonian forces during the march through which migrants and asylum seekers tried to enter Macedonia from Greece on March 14

Court Rules Release of Can Dündar, Erdem Gül

26/02/2016

Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have been released following a verdict by the Constitutional Court

Bulgaria: Dinko, the shameful "super-hero"

02/03/2016 -  Francesco Martino Sofia

One of the main TV stations in Bulgaria, bTV, glorifies a man who hunts migrants and wants them dead. This is the story

The second life of Slobodna Bosna

22/02/2016 -  Rodolfo Toè Sarajevo

Slobodna Bosna, a leading Bosnian weekly, is no longer in newsstands. While many mourn the loss, the magazine may be about to start a successful second life on the web

Journalists visiting Diyarbakır: "We are here to remove disinformation"

10/02/2016

Journalists in the second group of News Watch have met with Diyarbakır Bar Deputy President, Ahmet Özmen and Bar Administrative Board members

Turkish journalist and writer face 4 years in jail for a metaphor

09/02/2016

Journalists have been suffering the consequences of reporting on the misdeeds of the Turkish Government. Turkey, with the highest number of journalists in prison, and very high numbers of fatal and non-fatal attacks against independent journalists, has witnessed a steep decline in the level of freedom of the media - from 54 to 65 in Freedom House's Press Freedom Index, which since 2013 rates Turkey as "non free".

New report highlights impunity for police violence against Greek photojournalists

25/01/2016

Inadequate police internal investigations hobble criminal prosecution, analysis indicates