Kulatý stůl v Praze: Média mají kontrolovat politiky a nikoli naopak, říká senátor Smoljak

Stálá komise Senátu ČR pro sdělovací prostředky má obavy o budoucnost veřejnoprávních médií. ECPMF a IPI poskytly několik mediálních expertů do odborné diskuse u kulatého stolu.

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ECPMF and other international organisations call on Belarusian authorities to stop their oppression of journalists and media freedom

We call on Belarusian authorities to stop attacking, detaining and demonising journalists and media workers and work towards meaningful protections for media freedom

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MFRR partners call on Monaco to withdraw arrest warrant on oil industry whistleblower Jonathan Taylor

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, media protection, human rights, transparency and whistleblowing support organisations, alongside international jurists call on Monaco to immediately withdraw the arrest warrant that led to SBM Offshore whistleblower Jonathan Taylor being arrested in Dubrovnik airport.

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

 

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in Leipzig, Germany, 2015. It operates on the basis of  the European Charter on Freedom of the Press and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The vision of the Centre is a society where media freedom enables open discourse and everyone can seek, receive and impart information.

ECPMF’s mission is to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. We do this by monitoring violations, providing practical support and engaging diverse stakeholders across Europe.

Read ECPMF's strategy 2020-24

News

IJ4EU launches the second call of its Investigation Support Scheme

IJ4EU launches the second call of its Investigation Support Scheme

IJ4EU launches the second call of its Investigation Support Scheme, offering grants of up to €50,000.

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Malta: report from Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination public inquiry

Our Media Freedom Rapid Response Project Coordinator Nik Williams travelled to Malta last week to observe the situation of press and media freedom on the ground in the country and to attend the criminal hearing and the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Slovakia: MFRR renews call for justice in Kuciak murder ahead of verdict

MFRR has once again called for justice in the murder trial of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfirend Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia

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Piotr Stasiński

Gazeta Wyborcza’s Piotr Stasiński: “They want to bury us under an avalanche of lawsuits”

The Polish government seeks to control the public discourse. Gazeta Wyborcza is a flagship for independent quality journalism – and because of that smeared as “anti-state” and “pro-European”. ECPMF talked to former deputy editor-in-chief Piotr Stasiński about SLAPPS, physical threats, “re-polonisation” and what keeps him going.

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Projects

IJ4EU: Funding cross-border investigative journalism in Europe.
Media Freedom Rapid Response: Supporting and protecting journalists and media workers in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
Support for journalists under threat and in exile in Germany

Upcoming events

04
May

Virtual Talk: No lockdown for press freedom: misuse of Corona crisis to silence journalism in Europe 6:30 PM

On the occasion of 2020 World Press Freedom Day, the Alliance partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) invite you to a virtual discussion on how to counter the abusive strategies used by governments to limit press freedom in the current Coronavirus pandemic.
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12
Mar

!!!CANCELED!!! FREE EUROPEAN MEDIA 2020 12:00 PM

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom is proud to take part in the 2020 edition of Free European Media conference in the Polish city of Gdansk. Building on […]
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Latest reports on Mappingmediafreedom.org

Interview by Jane Whyatt and Lutz Kinkel The Polish government seeks to control the public discourse. Gazeta Wyborza is a flagship for independent quality journalism – and because of that...
Press freedom has been put on trial in the case of a journalist who has escaped a jail term after a massive show of solidarity from journalists and campaigners.  ...
28/05/2020  by Giovanni Vale in Zagreb, Croatia We were used to seeing certain scenes in authoritarian countries, where political leaders use press conferences to insinuate, intimidate, and discredit, sneering in...
By Camille Petit and Jane Whyatt Mystery surrounds the disappearance and death of Sajid Hussain Baloch, whose body was recovered from the river Fyris near Uppsala in Sweden on 23...
Is there much to celebrate this 2020 World Press Freedom Day?   By Faith Miyandazi/ECPMF It is the responsibility of governments to guard their citizens and ensure their rights and freedoms...
Media freedom organisations have united under the umbrella of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and made their first contribution to the urgent debate on Corona-virus. It is urgent because...
By Jane Whyatt Threatened with death and detained by police when he tried to report attacks on a journalist, Erik Marquardt has felt at first hand the abuses of human...
The coronavirus gives rise to a healthcare and economic crisis, while in Hungary the very survival of the independent media is in serious danger. The media freedom community is urging...
by Jane Whyatt Across Europe, governments are taking necessary steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. But some are exploiting the health crisis to repress critical questions and restrict journalists’...
By Nicole Corritore | Trento, Italy | 19.02.2020 – First published here, by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT). The Antonio Megalizzi Foundation was inaugurated in Trento on February 13th-14th....
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