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6 Apr

2023 IJ4EU Impact Award Winner: The Devils Is in the Data

This undercover investigation by a group of freelancers, Andy Brown, Philippe Auclair, Steve Menary, and Jack Kerr, in four countries reveals how live data fed to the sports betting industry can create a fertile ground for match-fixing.

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5 Apr

Partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform call on Russia to free Evan Gershkovich immediately

Partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform, a Europe-wide system of public alerts to flag and remedy serious threats to media freedom, call on the Russian authorities to release journalist Evan Gershkovich immediately and to drop all charges against him.

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5 Apr

2023 IJ4EU Impact Award Winner: The Xinjiang Police Files

In recent years, the Chinese state has allegedly locked away a million Uyghurs in internment camps. The Xinjian Police Files, winner of a 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award, attaches names and faces to this brutal system, providing an unprecedented look behind the veil of secrecy.

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4 Apr

2023 IJ4EU Impact Award Honourable Mention: Peat Pressure

Honourable mention at the 2023 Impact Award Ceremony went to “Peat Pressure, an investigation by Irish investigative organisation Noteworthy that exposes a system of unregulated peat extraction and how two multi-million-euro horticultural peat companies have extracted it without consent and in breach of EU environmental law.

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3 Apr

One year after Bucha, independent journalism remains vital in uncovering Russian atrocities

One year after Bucha: Independent media plays a vital role in exposing the atrocities and brutality inflicted by Russian forces in Ukraine.

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2 Apr

Announcing the winners of the 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award

The winners for the 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award were announced at an award ceremony in Leipzig on 31 March 2023.

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30 Mar

Urgent action needed by the Netherlands to protect civic space against SLAPPs and other forms of legal intimidation

Legal intimidation and SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) are attempts to intimidate and silence public watchdogs through lengthy and expensive litigation proceedings by starting meritless lawsuits.

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27 Mar

Albania: Press freedom organisations and journalist associations call for swift justice following deadly attack on Top Channel

The partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response and the Safe Journalists Network are deeply saddened to learn about the shocking attack on Top Channel Albania, in which a security guard was killed.

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24 Mar

Behind the Lens in Belarus: Documenting the Fight for Democracy

To mark International Day of Solidarity with Belarus, we spoke to a Belarusian photojournalist about the country’s future, connecting with audiences in exile, documenting human rights abuses, and what needs to be done to truly show solidarity with Belarus.

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22 Mar

Feindbild Journalist:in 7: Berufsrisiko Nähe

Nach zwei Negativ-Rekorden in Folge ist die Zahl der Angriffe auf Medienschaffende in Deutschland im Jahr 2022 wieder gesunken. Das Europäische Zentrum für Presse- und Medienfreiheit (ECPMF) verzeichnet 56 tätliche Angriffe. Damit wurden 27 Tätlichkeiten weniger registriert als im Jahr 2021.

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