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Balancing Act
September 29, 2015 4:00 AM ET
Press freedom at risk as EU struggles to match action with values The European Union strives to be a global leader in press freedom but faces challenges from member states that have criminal defamation and blasphemy laws, and have introduced counterterrorism measures, including mass surveillance. The EU has made press...
Balancing Act
September 29, 2015 4:00 AM ET
Summary The European Union describes itself as a model for press freedom and an exemplary global power. Although many of its 28 member states feature at the top of international press freedom rankings, there are significant challenges that undermine press freedom and new threats are emerging....
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, April 2015
May 7, 2015 4:24 PM ET
CPJ launches annual publication Attacks on the Press At a U.N. press conference on April 27 to launch CPJ's annual publication Attacks on the Press, CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon called on the U.N. Security Council to include in its May 27 debate on Journalist Safety a warning to states...
Latvian journalist assaulted in Riga
March 30, 2012 2:55 PM ET
New York, March 30, 2012--Authorities must conduct a thorough and effective investigation into the attack on the publisher of a Latvian news website that had run a number of sensitive stories, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....