![]() ![]() Alongside budgetary concerns, he wants the administration to detail why and how 13 U.S. The date of the event, which hasn’t been previously reported (though State wouldn’t confirm), will be the new House Foreign Affairs Committee chair’s next public chance to make senior Biden officials answer his Afghanistan questions. troops from Afghanistan - with Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN during a March 23 budget hearing. MICHAEL McCAUL (R-Texas) says he looks forward to discussing all kinds of matters - including the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. Michael McCaul speaks during a discussion on countering violent extremism on Oct. The 15 partners are the European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Association of European Journalists, Article 19, Reporters without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Index on Censorship, the International Press Institute, the International News Safety Institute, Rory Peck Trust, the European Broadcasting Union, PEN International, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Free Press Unlimited and the Justice for Journalists Foundation.Rep. The Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists was set up by the Council of Europe in 2015, in co-operation with international NGOs active in the field of the freedom of expression and associations of journalists. The report urges member states to be more responsive to threats against press freedom and to secure the adoption of the European Media Freedom Act that should contain strong provisions against external interference protects the editorial independence of the media the role and expertise of independent regulators the transparency of ownership structures and media concentration laws and the stable allocation of resources to public service media. The number of Member States’ responses to these was disappointingly low: replies were filed for 48 alerts – a paltry 16% reply rate.New restrictive legislation was adopted or proposed in several Member States, including Armenia, Georgia, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom, muzzling journalists and impeding their ability to exercise their profession.Harassment and smear campaigns online and offline continued unabated as private citizens and public officials tried to intimidate journalists and coerce them not to cover sensitive stories.The use of legal action to intimidate and silence reporting remains a favourite tool for certain politicians, business tycoons, and other powerful figures, with at least twenty defamation and other types of legal proceedings documented.Apart from the journalists who died on active duty as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the Platform recorded one journalist killed in the exercise of his functions compared to four who died the previous year outside of a war zone.This represents an increase of 60% compared to 2021. Read Also: Complexity of freedom of expressionĪs of 31 December 2022, 127 journalists were reported to be in detention by the Platform – 52 in Türkiye, 32 in Belarus, 22 in Russia, 14 in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, 4 in Azerbaijan, and one each in the United Kingdom, Georgia, and Poland. Russian disinformation has flooded the media landscape in Ukraine and across Europe and Russian authorities have imposed draconian censorship rules to brutally silence independent voices at home, the report says. Since Russia launched its unprovoked aggression against Ukraine at least twelve journalists and media workers have been killed while performing their professional duties and 21 have been injured.” And in parts of Europe, it was also a war on journalism. The Platform says “2022 was a year defined by war. “The contents of the report illustrate a clear and urgent need for the Council of Europe, Member States, and other European institutions to address the threats facing journalism in Europe with swift and coordinated action.” “2022 was undoubtedly a year marked by war in Europe but also a range of new and established methods of silencing independent journalism, including surveillance and spyware, legal harassment, arrests and detention, media capture, restrictive legislation, and continued cases of impunity.” Read Also: Threats against media freedom increasing in EU and candidate countries ![]()
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