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Macedonian journalists send a message on the protest: NO to censorship

Dozens of Macedonian journalists from several media outlets yesterday came out for a peaceful protest in front of the Civil Court in Skopje, expressing their revolt against the court verdict against the Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL), which is seen as a threat of censorship, an attempt to silence and control journalism. Organized by the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM)...

Defamation lawsuit against Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK sets a dangerous precedent

Just a few days before receiving the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia 2022 on November 16, the Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK was sentenced in a SLAPP defamation lawsuit by a Serbian court for publishing news about a criminal trial, quoting the defendant's claim that a criminal gang had ties to the Interior Minister. SLAPP suits, short for strategic lawsuits against...

Hungary: Media freedom groups welcome EU court referral over Klubrádió frequency

"This decision by the EU's executive body to take Hungary to court over the alleged breach in EU telecoms rules regarding Klubrádió's frequency licence is a belated but important signal that the Commission is increasingly willing to use the tools available to it to defend independent media, freedom of expression and media pluralism where they are most threatened." This statement...

The Western Balkans will need unity and cooperation across society to overcome press freedom challenges

In times of war and global polarization the Western Balkans region is divided along the lines of current polarizing forces. Disinformation campaigns, hate speech, physical attacks, threats, low income, poor economic status, divisions, self-censorship and job insecurity are the main challenges that the regional independent media are facing. The World Press Freedom Day is the perfect opportunity to emphasize...

Global Voices: Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-Info

OVD-Info, a prominent Russian legal aid and human rights organisation, announced on December 25 that its website had been blocked by Roskomnadzor, Russia's internet and media regulator, writes “Global Voices”. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”. Though the state registry revealed that the website was blocked due to a December 20 verdict from a Moscow-based district...

A workshop has been organized by Metamorphosis concerning on/off-line freedom of expression

The Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis" has organised a workshop titled, "Understanding freedom of expression online and offline", and will take place at the Journal Club in Skopje, on 12th of April. The workshop will present basic concepts concerning freedom of expression, as well as current and relevant standards regarding the European Court for Human Rights and freedom of...

Freedom of Expression – Main topic at the Internet Freedom Summit

The state of freedom of expression in Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia is the main topic of the first panel discussion at the second Regional Internet Freedom Summit, organized by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI). The panel discussion was attended by the OSCE Ambassador in Skopje - Nina Suomalainen, Robert Popovski - Minister without...

Thimonier: Both journalists and diplomats must fight for the freedom of expression

Both journalists and diplomats have a responsibility for democracy and for the fight for freedom of expression, and in that fight one must not be silent, said French Ambassador Christian Thimonier at today's promotion of the publication "Freedom of expression through the practice of the European Court of Human Rights", by Dr. Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska, held at the Journalists Club...

AJM: The European Commission is right to conclude that there is violence against journalists

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia agrees with the European Commission’s assessment that the freedom of the press in Macedonia this year has worsened. The representatives of the Association have said that the Commission’s Progress Report was right to conclude that in the majority of the Macedonian media there is a lack of political pluralism and that the national...

“Kanal 77” are asking news organizations to respond to the incident with their journalist

National Radio "Kanal 77" publicly condemned the behavior of GDOM supporters, who yesterday during their protest in Stip did not allow journalist, Vanja Micevska to report on the event. They are urging other news organizations to condemn the incident, which is one of many incidents where people have attempted to obstruct journalists from doing their job. "The participants from the counter protest...

NGO: Hate speech instead of freedom of expression

Instead of freedom of expression, there is hate speech in Macedonia, say representatives of the NGOs who participated on the debate titled "Freedom of Speech" in Tetovo today. Insults and calumnies suffered from different categories of citizens rarely come to the court, said civic activist Bekim Asani. - The hate speech is widespread in Tetovo. Given the diversity of the population...