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European Federation of Journalists

ECPMF debate: New laws to secure media freedom?

Committee of the Regions Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels, Belgium

New laws to secure media freedom? Can whistleblowing protection and AVMS directive contribute to media freedom in the EU? Expert exchange with the European Centre for Press & Media Freedom, ECPMF. Meeting is hosted and chaired by Martina Michels, MEP and Cornelia Ernst, MEP Venue: Committee of the Regions (CoR), Rue Belliard 99-101 B - 1040 Brussels, meeting room: JDE 70 Languages: EN, DE, IT, HU 8:30 - 9:30 admission, main building of Committee of the Regions (CoR) Coffee at 9:00 (On the left hand side in the entrance hall you will find us at the large lit reception of the…

GUE/NGL event on protecting journalists and whistleblowers to be held in honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

The assassination of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia last October is a tragic reminder of the ever-present dangers that crusading journalists and whistleblowers face on a daily basis - even when reporting here inside the EU. The laws that purport to safeguard their and our basic human rights, professional dignity and media freedom are clearly inadequate. With Galizia’s murder and the ongoing cases against the LuxLeaks whistleblowers and Julian Assange, the EU still has a long way to go in offering proper protection for journalists and whistleblowers. In honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the European United Left / Nordic…

Protecting whistleblowers: an European challenge

Paris Paris, France

In France, the Defender of Rights, a constitutional independent agency, is responsible for guiding and protecting whistleblowers since the creation of a framework of protection by the Law of 9 December 2016 relating to transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of the economic life. Three years after the entry into force of this protection and two years before the deadline for the implementation of the European directive, the Defender of Rights will organise the European meeting Protecting Whistleblowers: An European Challenge. The encounter will offer an opportunity to engage dialogue among stakeholders and experts in order to foster…