French journalists ‘safety is being increasingly threatened amid tensions covering the Gilet Jaunes (Yellow Vests) demonstrations across France. From insults and menaces to physical injuries, journalists are under attack from both demonstrators and the police. Publishers face the threat of their newspapers being blocked. Invectives on social media are on the rise. Amid a climate of defiance towards the media, anti-media rhetoric is commonplace in French society. The French media industry addressed these concerns publicly in an open letter in French newspapers on 15 January 2019 which was co-signed by the European Federation of Journalist (EFJ) together with its French…

Meeting with representatives of SNJ, SNJ-CGT and CFDT-Journalistes.

On 3 June, the European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ) have submitted the rise of police violence towards journalists in France on the Council of Europe Platform for the protection of journalism and safety of journalists. The EFJ and the IFJ request explanations from French Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve. The EFJ and the IFJ, as well as their French affiliates, SNJ, SNJ-CGT and CFDT-Journalistes have seen a worrying upsurge of policy violence towards journalists since mid-May on the fringe of the demonstrations against the new French labour law. On 17 May in Paris, cameraman Joël Labat was targeted by a tear-gas…

The 13th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was held from 30 September to 2 October at the House of Mutuality in Paris. Five hundred delegates attended, discussed and voted some reports on the future of European workder and trade unions in the 39 countries covered by the ETUC. The delegation of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) consisting of three journalists Paco Audije (FAPE, FeSP), Patrick Kamenka (SNJ-CGT) and Jean-François Cullafroz (CFDT-Journalistes). But the Swedish delegation with fifteen members included an EFJ member, Jonas Nordling, president of the Union of Swedish Journalists (Svenska Journalistförbundet). Luca Visentini, the…

Two French journalists, Jean-Louis Perez and Pierre Chautard, working for France Télévisions were arrested by the Moroccan authorities on 15 February while they were making a documentary in Rabat. Perez and Chautard were arrested in the premises of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) when they were interviewing the President of the AMDH, Mr. Ahmed El-Haij about the human rights situation in the country. The police also seized their equipment and told them to leave the country immediately. Following the arrest, the French journalists’ unions (SNJ, SNJ-CGT and CFDT-Journalistes) denounced the arrest. “The arrest is not acceptable and the…

Syndicat National des Journalistes – SNJ Address 33, Rue du Louvre S75002 Paris France Staff Agnès Briançon-Marjollet, secrétaire générale Antoine Chuzeville, secrétaire général Phone +33 1 42 36 84 23 Email snj@snj.fr Contact Person Siège du SNJ : snj(at)snj.fr Website Twitter Instagram www.snj.fr @SNJ_national @snj_national_journalistes Union Fédérale des Journalistes – CFDT Address 47-49 Avenue Simon Bolivar 75950 Paris Cedex 19 France Staff Laurent Villette (Secrétaire Général) – laurent.villette@cfdt-journalistes.fr Manuel Bermudez – Manuela.bermudez@rfi.fr Alain Morvan – alain.morvan@cfdt-journalistes.fr Phone +33 1 56 41 54 20 Email journalistes@f3c.cfdt.fr alain.morvan@cfdt-journalistes.fr Website Twitter https://cfdt-journalistes.fr/ – https://f3c.cfdt.fr @USJCFDT   Syndicat National des Journalistes – CGT Address 263, Rue…