- EAN13
- 9789287190369
- Éditeur
- Council of Europe
- Date de publication
- 12/10/2020
- Langue
- anglais
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Police intimidation, legal harassment, defamation and intimidation campaigns
offline and increasingly online, pressure - economic or otherwise - from
editors or media owners and sponsors, detentions, threats and physical
violence: journalists are constantly exposed to these threats by those who
feel threatened by their work. The murder of investigative journalist Daphne
Caruana Galizia in October 2017 sent shock waves through Europe. Violence and
acts of harassment against journalists have become alarmingly frequent, as was
laid bare in the Council of Europe’s 2017 survey of 940 journalists across the
continent. This follow-up study is about the human cost to journalists who
seek to hold the powerful to account. It is based on in-depth interviews with
20 journalists who use their reporting skills to expose corruption, injustice
and abuses, often putting their safety at risk. They share their insights into
the realities of practising cutting-edge journalism while facing aggression,
intimidation and vicious cyber-attacks. Too often the necessary protections
fail and crimes against journalists go unpunished. The freedom of the media to
report without censorship or fear of reprisals is an essential pre-condition
of democratic societies. This study represents a call for action to the 47
member states of the Council of Europe, with practical and forward-looking
recommendations for ways to establish effective protection for journalists to
enable them to safely fulfil their vital public watchdog role.
offline and increasingly online, pressure - economic or otherwise - from
editors or media owners and sponsors, detentions, threats and physical
violence: journalists are constantly exposed to these threats by those who
feel threatened by their work. The murder of investigative journalist Daphne
Caruana Galizia in October 2017 sent shock waves through Europe. Violence and
acts of harassment against journalists have become alarmingly frequent, as was
laid bare in the Council of Europe’s 2017 survey of 940 journalists across the
continent. This follow-up study is about the human cost to journalists who
seek to hold the powerful to account. It is based on in-depth interviews with
20 journalists who use their reporting skills to expose corruption, injustice
and abuses, often putting their safety at risk. They share their insights into
the realities of practising cutting-edge journalism while facing aggression,
intimidation and vicious cyber-attacks. Too often the necessary protections
fail and crimes against journalists go unpunished. The freedom of the media to
report without censorship or fear of reprisals is an essential pre-condition
of democratic societies. This study represents a call for action to the 47
member states of the Council of Europe, with practical and forward-looking
recommendations for ways to establish effective protection for journalists to
enable them to safely fulfil their vital public watchdog role.
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