Cumhuriyet is the oldest newspaper in Turkey. 18 of its employees, five of them currently under detention, will appear on court for the next hearing on September 11, 2017, at the courthouse in Silivri Prison Campus.
The 2nd Eastern Partnership Media conference, organised by the European Commission with the direct support of the European External Action Service and the Government of Ukraine will bring together more than 300 participants from the Partner countries and the European Union. The conference is an event building up to the 5th Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Brussels in November this year, and the discussions and findings will provide a basis for further considerations at the Summit. The overall goal of the conference is to draw the attention of EU member states and partner countries to the importance of…
The Nordic Freelance Seminar will be held on 15–16 September this year in Helsinki at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Suomenlinna island. It is hosted by the Finnish Freelance Journalists Association (Suomen freelance-journalistit ry) and aimed at Nordic freelancers only. The participants of the seminar will talk about the future of freelancing: What kind of journalism will be done in the future, what sorts of platforms will be used and where will the money come from? What will be the role of freelancers and entrepreneurs in this changing situation? What kinds of new skills should they learn? What is…
Sivil Dusun's Round Table Meeting with representatives from key EU CSO networks and platforms potential areas of collaboration and networking between Turkish civil society and invited networks and platforms.
On 6th of September, BBC was reporting that Gauri Lankesh, a prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics, vocal about Kashmiri Rights and Muslim rights has been shot dead in front of her house in India. Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across several Indian cities on Wednesday. Media, human rights organisations and opposition party leaders also strongly condemned the shooting. Calling for a "thorough investigation" into the journalist's murder, Amnesty International in London asked the police to determine whether Lankesh was killed "because of (her) journalism". “State governments must act to protect those whose voices of dissent are…
Le Bureau International Jeunesse (BIJ) organise à Bruxelles une journée de réflexion intitulée "Radicalisation et extrémisme violents des jeunes en ligne: prévention et réaction". Le secrétaire général de la FEJ, Ricardo Gutiérrez, participera au panel intitulé "Hyperconnexion: influence sur les risques de radicalisation et d’extrémisme violents chez les jeunes et rôle des différentes parties prenantes". Il évoquera notamment les bonnes pratiques soutenues par la FEJ, dans le cadre du projet #MediaAgainstHate.
Right to Know Day, Brussels, 28th September 2017 Organising parties: ITCO intergroup, supported by Access Info Europe and AntiCor Belgium Mission and objectives: It is our mission to host an event in Brussels that brings together Freedom of Information (FOI) advocates from across Europe. The main objectives of this event will be: To celebrate Right To Know Day which is held on 28th September each year, by raising awareness about the right of access to information and sharing inspiring stories of FOI from around Europe To compare good and bad practices when it comes to Freedom of Information…
DRAFT AGENDA Tour de Table: Ongoing and planned digitalisation initiatives, projects on digitalisation, positions, meetings with relevant DGs or MEPs ETUC-ETUI events: Sharers & Workers, Foresight Seminar ETUC project Workers Participation a key to fair digitalisation Data protection, AI, algorithms New ETUC position on digitalization AOB