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Press freedom 2012 (Jan-Apr)
| SEEMO Challenges Authorities to Solve Journalist Murder Cases in Serbia |
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| Vienna, 22 February 2012 |
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| According to the statistics by Serbia’s Ministry of Interior, attacks on journalists in the country have decreased in the past two years. In 2010, there were seven recorded attacks against journalists. In 2011, three cases of threats to journalists’ safety were recorded. The police had solved all of the above-mentioned cases, Serbia’s Minister of the Interior, Ivica Dacic, said during a recent meeting with a delegation of the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), headed by Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General. The meeting took place at the Ministry’s headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia... read more |
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Turkish Newspaper’s Europe Offices Attacked
Zaman Blames Kurdish Militants for Violence in Paris, Cologne |
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| Vienna, 17 February 2012 |
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The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned attacks yesterday on the offices of Turkish-language newspaper Zaman in Paris and in the German city of Cologne allegedly carried out by supporters of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Zaman reported that a group of nearly 15 PKK supporters wearing masks entered its Paris office and threatened employees, broke windows, and damaged furniture, televisions and computers... read more
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| SEEMO Hopes Court of Appeal Will Reconsider Excessive Fines against Turkish-Language Media in Greece |
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| Vienna, 13 February 2012 |
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| On 24 February 2012, the Court of Appeal in Komotini, north-eastern Greece, is expected to revise the sentence against the Turkish-minority publications Gundem and Millet which have been ordered to pay 150,000 Euros and 120,000 Euros respectively to a local teacher who sued them... read more |
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| Slovak Court Blocks Book on Graft Scandal Move Comes Amid Protests Over Reports in ‘Gorilla’ File |
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| Vienna, 7 February 2012 |
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A Slovak court last week reportedly blocked publication of a book implicating a private equity group in a high-level graft scandal.
Local media said a Bratislava court on Thursday granted the Penta group’s request for a preliminary injunction against a book containing information from the so-called “Gorilla” file... read more |
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| SEEMO Reminds European Institutions that Hungary’s Public Broadcasters Violate European Principles |
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| Vienna, 2 February 2012 |
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| The 2010 overhaul of Hungary’s media laws set a dangerous precedent in Europe. Instead of guaranteeing press freedom in a European Union member country, they seem to guarantee press freedom for the governing party at the expense of the right of the public to free information... read more |
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| SEEMO Surprised at Croatia Electronic Media Council Warning to RTL |
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| Vienna, 26 January 2012 |
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| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, expresses surprise at the latest warning of Croatia’s seven-member Electronic Media Council, an electronic regulatory body. On 19 January, 2012 the Council ordered RTL TV Croatia (RTL Hrvatska) to translate its programmes from Serbian into Croatian. The decision, based on the electronic media law, states that RTL Hrvatska is legally obliged to “broadcast in Croatian or translate into Croatian”. On the same day, RTL had to change its programming and suspend the only program that was not translated: a Serbian TV series. If the broadcaster does not abide by the decision, it could lose its licence... read more |
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| SEEMO Urges New Croatia Government to Create Legal and Institutional Environment for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) to Function as a Public Broadcaster |
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| Vienna, 19 January 2012 |
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| Transforming state television channels into public broadcasters has been a slow and difficult process in most post-communist countries, including those that are already in the European Union or are about to join. Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) has been struggling and failing to fulfil this task. The December 2010 law regulating the public broadcaster did not meet expectations. The theoretically non-partisan Programme Council has not been functioning as such. Its members are perceived to represent political interests. Journalists feel ignored and sidelined. The open conflict between the Council members and journalists is aired on TV... read more |
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| SEEMO Calls on Romanian Authorities to Identify and Prosecute Aggressors of Journalists |
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| Vienna, 18 January 2012 |
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Jurnalul national, Antena3, GSP |
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Numerous reporters were physically assaulted by protesters and policemen while covering peaceful anti-government protests that degenerated into violence in Bucharest between 15 and 16 January 2012. It appeared that the journalists were deliberate targets. Catalin Lupasteanu, from the Mediafax news agency, said that he was beaten up by the police although he shouted:"Press! Press!" ... read more
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| SEEMO Condemns Police Beating of Kosovo Photojournalist |
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| Vienna, 17 January 2012 |
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The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns alleged police violence against Kosovo freelance photojournalist Vedat Xhymshiti. On Saturday 14
January, the reporter was covering clashes between demonstrators and Kosovo police near the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, when he was struck by policemen. He lost conscioussness but was not hospitalised. The attack was filmed... read more |
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| SEEMO: 2011 Overview of Press Freedom Violations in South, East and Central Europe |
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| Vienna, 5 January 2012 |
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| In 2011, the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), registered 684 press freedom violations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine... read more |
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