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Telex. Dunja Mijatovic (CoE): Democracy and a free press go hand-in-hand

If journalists cannot work freely and safely it becomes more difficult to unearth human rights violations, corruption or misuse of power, Dunja Mijatovic says to Ossigeno

Telex from Malta. Daphne Caruana Galizia: Wrong to elect corrupt politicians

We can no longer blame corrupt politicians because we can no longer deny corrupt politicians are a reflection of society, Daphne Caruana Galizia said on 5 June 2017, some months before she was brutally killed in Malta

Telex from Vienna. Oliver Vujovic (SEEMO): States tolerate violations

Violations of press freedom reached 149 in 2017 in the 32 countries of south, east and central Europe. the real number of attacks and threats against media and journalists is far higher

Telex. From Leipzig, Lutz Kinkel (ECPMF): “Autocrats do not understand jazz and press freedom”

The Director of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) reflects upon similarities between jazz and press freedom

Telex. UNESCO to Ossigeno: impunity for crimes against journalists too high

More than 1000 journalists were killed and less than one case out of nine judicially solved. Freedom of information is essential to reach the sustainable development goals.

Concert for press freedom – Rome, 21 June 2018 at the House of Jazz

The concert is part of the Festival in Rome on the occasion of the European Music Day