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Clare Daly and Mick Wallace deny claims their lawsuit against RTÉ is harassment

On Wednesday 27 April 2022, the Platform to Promote Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists will launch its report “Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict”. The annual report, which is written by the Platform’s Partner Organisations, highlights key areas of law, policy and practices affecting media freedom and safety of journalists in Europe and identifies actions required to improve effective protection of journalists.

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People take part in a rally for women’s rights and protection, after a young woman kidnapped for marriage was found dead, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 8 April 2021, VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images April 2021 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up produced by IFEXs Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. April reminded us that “strongmen” are the wrong men if you want a free press and vibrant civil society....

By Published April 29 at 9:25 am A man lights candles next to a memorial for Pavel Sheremet, a journalist who was killed by a car bomb in Kyiv on July 20, 2020, on the fourth anniversary of his death. Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin The Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform has called on Ukraine ‘to undertake a fresh investigation’ into the 2016 murder in Kyiv of Belarusi...

Who Is Accountable For Kemi Badenoch’s Public Attack On Our Journalist? Its troubling that a government minister can say what they like with impunity, writes HuffPost UK editor-in-chief Jess Brammar. Some people call it “cancel culture”. Others call it accountability. Rightly or wrongly, your Twitter feed can get you in trouble at work, or worse. But we’ve now learned that members of our government are not held to the same standards as the rest of us. It’s almost a month since Britain...