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The undersigned media freedom and journalist associations express shared concern over the blanket publication ban issued by Albanian prosecutorial authorities regarding a trove of hacked data.
Alongside other NGOs defending press freedom, RSF asks the Albanian Commissioner for the Right to Access to Information and Personal Data Protection to shed light upon the private data breaches and intimidation of at least two journalists who investigated a public interest issue: the vetting process of the now dismissed Tirana Chief Prosecutor Elizabeta Imeraj that was part of a wider judicial reform project in the country.
A letter to request a swift investigation into the recent privacy breaches and intimidation of two journalists in Albania.
Summary In its annual progress report, the Monitoring Committee takes stock of its activities since January 2020 and assesses the progress made by the 11 countries under the Assembly’s full monitoring procedure, and by the 3 countries engaged in a post monitoring dialogue, in honouring their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe. It welcomes progress made and expresses concerns at setbacks and addresses specific recommendations to the countries concerned. In this reporting period, the committee prepared reports on “The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland” on...
Albanian police detain and assault journalists documenting police violence 6 minute read Journalists report on the scene while riot police take measures on the fifth day of protests over a police shooting, in Tirana, Albania, 13 December 2020, Olsi Shehu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images IPI: “Journalists have a right to document the actions of the police as a matter of public interest, and these detentions are a violation of the public’s right to know. Authorities must also immediately investigate reports of journalists being assaulted by police,...