The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have launched on the 16th of June a report on the safety of journalists in Ukraine in 2014 during a conflict reporting conference organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna
Journalists’ safety is a cornerstone of free media, not least in times of conflict, and must be ensured and strengthened, participants said today at a two-day conference on journalists’ safety and conflict reporting in Vienna. The attendees also stressed the importance of tackling the issue of propaganda, pointing to free and independent journalism as one tool
EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn told a BIRN conference that media freedom in the Balkans has become a major concern that must be addressed urgently
Citizens' right to information is of vital importance for any democratic society. It is a right that must be defended also in Europe, where media professionals incur on a daily basis in threats, censorship, intimidations and assaults to prevent them from going public with undesired news. The protection of freedom of expression and the promotion of a transnational public debate on media freedom violations recorded in the EU as well as in the Enlargement and Eastern Partnership countries are the main objectives of the project European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), co-funded by the European Commission.
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović welcomed the UN Security Council’s passing today of Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists
OCCRP journalist Stevan Dojčinović has been detained for 20 hours in a Moscow airport without explanation, deported, and banned from entering Russia until 2020
