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Italy: Access to Information Law should not be used to override journalistic source protection

On 18 June 2021, the Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR Lazio) ordered the Italian Media Public Broadcaster (RAI) to release documents held by TV Program Report following an access to information request. Despite the Court correctly decided that  the 2016 Decree n. 97 on Transparency (FOIA), which regulates the right of access to information (“accesso […]

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One year on, Hong Kong security law takes aim at journalism

One year after taking effect, China’s National Security Law for Hong Kong has confirmed analysts’ worst fears. Despite claims from Hong Kong officials that its impact would be small, the law has become a direct threat to journalism, leading to raids on newsrooms, arrests of editors, and the closure of prominent pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily. […]

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EU leaders urged to address media freedom in Slovenia as country takes on EU Presidency

His Excellency Charles Michel President of the European Council Her Excellency Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission His Excellency David Maria Sassoli President of the European Parliament                                                                                            June 30 2021  Your Excellencies, On the eve of the assumption of the Republic of Slovenia of the Presidency of the Council of the […]

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Interview: Nigeria’s Twitter ban threatens right to information

The Nigerian government’s ban Twitter has a huge impact on diversity in journalism, Kadaria Ahmed, a prominent Nigerian journalist and member of IPI’s Nigerian National Committee told IPI. “There are many people who traditional media is not able to reach. Twitter was one of those tools that had become a way to get the opinions […]

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