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Periodistas de RTVE: ‘Hemos vuelto a poner a RTVE al servicio del partido que está en el gobierno’

Read this article in English En un acto sin precedentes en la reciente historia democrática de España, el Consejo de Informativos de la radiotelevisión pública del país ha elevado al Parlamento Europeo y al Comité de Libertades un informe que denuncia la “manipulación progubernamental que están sufriendo sus servicios de informativos”. En declaraciones al Instituto […]

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Turkish journalists march to ‘stand up for journalism’

Turkish journalists marked World Press Freedom Day on Sunday with a march calling for people to “stand up for journalism”, saying that the fight for press freedom is “the struggle of every citizen that misses a free and democratic Turkey”. “[F]reedom is the oxygen of journalism, and free journalism is the assurance of democracy”, prominent […]

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Myanmar’s promised ‘irreversible reform’ not yet visible

Myanmar journalist Soe Yarzar Tun stood up from the crowd wearing a mask and holding a placard reading “Stop beating, arresting, imprisoning journalists”, interrupting Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as he spoke. It was March 27 – just one month ago – and the information minister was speaking at the first day of the International […]

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SEEMO, CEI seek entries for investigative journalism award

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), in special partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)’s Media Program South East Europe, have opened a call for applications for the 2015 CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The Call […]

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