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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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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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REPORT: Slovenian government eroding media freedom as it takes over EU Presidency

The Slovenian government of Prime Minister Janez Janša is overseeing an increasingly systematic effort to undermine critical media, a coalition of press freedom organisations and journalism groups warn today in a new report.   The report concludes that Slovenia, which assumes the rotating presidency of the EU on July 1, has seen press freedom deteriorate […]

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‘I can’t breathe’: Turkish photojournalist brutally detained while covering Istanbul Pride March

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemned today the police violence against Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç while he was covering the Pride March in Istanbul on March 26. Kılıç, who is an award-winner photojournalist in Turkey, posted on social media that police officers had pressed their knees into his back and throat, leaving him unable to […]

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