At least eight journalists were beaten and three detained as they covered a clash between refugees and the Hungarian police at the border with
Journalists covering refugee crisis attacked by Hungarian police
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CATEGORY: Mapping Media Freedom
“You have to be brave to be a journalist in Serbia”
Media freedoms in Serbia are on the decline. A recent report by Human Rights Watch painted a picture of journalists in several western Balkan countries, working in hostile environments whilst facing threats and intimidation.
Balkans: “Media has a significant role in the theatre of the absurd”
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Ilcho Cvetanoski reports on journalist safety in the Balkans
Ukraine: “Serious blow to media freedom”
Index on Censorship condemns the move to ban 41 international journalists and bloggers from Ukraine
Germany: Authorities leave bitter aftertaste in Netzpolitik treason case
Over a month after the Berlin-based blog Netzpolitik.org was charged with treason for publishing leaked government documents, details are trickling out about the extent German authorities went to in order to build a case against the journalists running the website.
Обновленная Карта нарушений прав журналистов в Европе теперь охватывает Россию, Украину и Беларусь
Организации Index on Censorship, Европейская федерация журналистов и Репортеры без границ рады представить расширенную и обновленную Карту свободы СМИ -Mapping Media Freedom. Теперь Карта распространяется также на Россию, Украину и Беларусь.
Nouvelle plateforme pour recenser les attaques contre les journalistes en Europe
Index on Censorship, la Fédération europénne des journalistes et Reporters sans frontières sont heureux d’annoncer l’expansion et la refonte de Mapping Media Freedom, qui recense les menaces contre les journalistes en Europe et qui couvrira désormais la Russie, l’Ukraine et la Biélorussie.
Die Karte, die Bedrohungen gegenüber Journalisten in Europa protokolliert, wird neu aufgelegt und erfasst nun auch Russland, die Ukraine und Weißrussland
Index on Censorship, die Europäische journalisten föderation und Reporter ohne grenzen freuen sich, die Ausweitung und Neugestaltung von Mapping Media Freedom bekannt zu geben. Das Projekt, das Bedrohungen gegenüber Journalisten innerhalb Europas registriert, schließt nun auch Russland, die Ukraine, sowie Weißrussland mit ein.
Map recording threats to journalists in Europe relaunches and expands to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Index on Censorship, the European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders are delighted to announce the expansion and redesign of Mapping Media Freedom, which records threats to journalists across Europe.
Journalism is not a crime – Turkey must release charged Vice journalists
Index on Censorship calls on Turkey to release two Vice journalists and a local colleague who have been formally charged with “working on behalf of a terrorist organisation”.
Croatia: Unsolved threats and assaults underscore rapid deterioration of media freedom
Index’s project Mapping Media Freedom has recorded an alarming increase in media freedom violations in Croatia.
Romania: Radio station dismisses veteran journalist
Vasile Luca, a veteran journalist working at Radio Cluj, a Romanian public radio station based in Cluj-Napoca, was fired in May 2015 as a result of a disciplinary committee hearing.
Mapping Media Freedom – a major Index on Censorship project and a joint undertaking with the European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, partially funded by the European Commission – covers 42 countries, including all EU member states, plus Bosnia, Iceland, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, Albania along with Ukraine, Belarus and Russia in (added in April 2015), and Azerbaijan (added in February 2016). The platform was launched in May 2014 and has recorded over 3,000 incidents threatening media freedom.
Violations, censorship and needs of threatened journalists in Europe
Journalists and media workers are confronting relentless pressure simply for doing their job. Mapping Media Freedom identifies threats, violations and limitations faced by members of the press throughout European Union member states, candidates for entry and neighbouring countries. Learn more.
