Anyone in state-owned media who wants to cover issues related to the climate activist Greta Thunberg needs permission from higher authorities. A list of sensitive topics already existed for which…
Council of Europe issued an alert on what happened while G7 was taking place in Biarritz, France concerning threats on media freedom. (Council of Europe)Several journalists present in Biarritz and Bayonne…
(Ossigeno per l'informazione) On the dramatic theme of the criminal roots of the Mafia, on its influence on society and on the phenomena of corruption, newspapers and journalists in Italy produce…
In February, the German Federal Fiscal Court ruled that the German branch of association Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action (Attac) should have its public benefit status withdrawn…
(The Irish Times) Law being used to shut down organisations holding politics to account For community and voluntary organisations across Ireland, yesterday’s settlement of the court proceedings between Amnesty International Ireland…
(The Guardian) Charity urges repeal of article 578, which they say has restricted freedom of expression Amnesty International has warned that an “exponential increase” in prosecutions under a controversial Spanish anti-terrorism…
(ROWAN POPPLEWELL on Bond) It hasn’t been easy to convince decision makers that the Lobbying Act is a problem. The government continues to claim that the act does not restrict charity campaigning in…
(Irish Council for Civil Liberties) The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today sounding an alarm about the chilling effect it is observing in the wake of the censorship…