26 May World Press Freedom Day 2020
In a statement issued ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić calls on governments to avoid unduly restricting media freedom...
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06 May The right to freedom of media in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
On 28 March, Serbian government adopted a five-point decision regulating the centralization of public information on the coronavirus pandemic during the current state of emergency. The Decision mentions that all...
25 Dec The decision to deport journalists duo to their irresponsible behavior
In the case of Zarubin and Others v. Lithuania (applications nos. 69111/17, 69112/17, 69113/17 and 69114/17) the European Court of Human Rights has today by a majority declared the applications...
29 Nov The case of a Serbian Whistleblower
Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists created alert on 21 November 2019 on House Arrest of Serbian Whistleblower Aleksandar Obradović, with category...
06 May Council of Europe report on freedom of expression in 2018
A report, published on the eve of World Press Freedom Day by the Council of Europe´s Information Society Department, maps out the major threats to freedom of expression in Europe...
17 Mar US State Department’s annual human rights reports on Balkans
The latest Human Rights Reports prepared by the US State Department said that the political influence and direct or indirect control over the media, as well as smear campaigns, threats and violence...
12 Mar Prison sentence for defamation conviction was disproportionate restriction of freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case...
07 Mar High number of lawsuits filed against journalists in Croatia
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed his concern about the high number of lawsuits filed against journalists and news outlets by politicians and public officials...
18 Feb Increase in threats to journalists in BiH
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bruce G. Berton, condemned several threats made against journalists...
23 Jan A smear campaign by posting an explecit video against a journalist has led to a violations of the Convention
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in ▶ Journalists, Freedom of speech, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Article 10 (right to freedom of expression)
The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been two violations of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence) and a...