Public service media must belong to the people: solidarity with Czechia

We, the undersigned organisations, express our strong solidarity with our colleagues in Czechia: the Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic (Syndikát novinářů České republiky – SNČR), the employees of Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo), and all Czech citizens who are standing up for independent public service media. Public service media belong to citizens. As a cornerstone of democracy, their role is to inform the public, hold power to account, and provide diverse, verified information. To fulfil this duty, they must remain entirely free from political influence. We are following the actions of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government…

Sweden

SVENSKA JOURNALISTFÖRBUNDET Address Box 1116 111 81 Stockholm Sweden Staff Ulrika Hyllert (President) Tomas Backlund (Vice Chairman) Phone +46 8 613 75 00 Email kansliet@sjf.se Contact Person Victoria Da Silva – victoria.dasilva@sjf.se Website Twitter https://www.sjf.se/ @journalistforb

Spain

FEDERACION DE ASOCIACIONES DE LA PRENSA ESPANOLA (FAPE) Address Juan Bravo 6 28006 Madrid Spain Staff Nemesio Rodríguez (President) María Jesus Chao (Secretario General) Luís Menéndez (Relaciones internacionales) – internacional@fape.es Nuria Navarrete (Communication) – nnavarrete@fape.es / comunicacion@fape.es Phone +34 91 360 5824 Email fape@fape.es Website Twitter www.fape.es @fape_fape FEDERACION DE SINDICATOS DE PERIODISTAS (FeSP) Address Roger de Llúria 5, 5° 1ª 08010 Barcelona Spain Staff Agustín Yanel (Secretario General) – yanel.agustin@gmail.com Elena Tarifa (Vicesecretaria General) –  etarifa73@gmail.com Francesc Ràfols (Secretario Organización) – quico@rafols.net Phone +34 93 412 7763 Email spc@sindicatperiodistes.cat contacto@fesperiodistas.org Contact Person Elena Tarifa (Responsable de Relaciones Internacionales) – etarifa73@gmail.com…

Slovenia

  UNION OF SLOVENIAN JOURNALISTS Address Wolfova 8/1 SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Staff President: Iztok Jurancic General Secretary: Ljuba Babic-Kosir Phone +386 1 426 0366 Email sns(at)siol(dot)net Website http://sindikat.novinar.com/?m=10   SLOVENE ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS / DRUSTVO NOVINARJEV SLOVENIJE Address Wolfova 8/1 SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Staff President: Matija Stepisnik predsednik(at)novinar(dot)com General Secretary: Spela Spare generalni(at)novinar(dot)com Phone +386 1 426 03 63 Email pisarna(at)novinar(dot)com Website www.novinar.com

Slovakia

SLOVENSKY SYNDIKAT NOVINAROV (SUSPENDED in April 2024) Address Zupné nám 7 815 68 Bratislava Slovakia President Daniel Modrovsky – predseda@ssn.sk / +421 (0) 904 445 366 Phone +421 (0) 2 5443 5071 Email sekretariat@ssn.sk Website http://www.ssn.sk/ 

Serbia

JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA (JAS) – UNS Address Resavska 28/I 11000 Beograd Staff Zivojin Rakocevic (President) – zivojin.rakocevic@uns.rs Nino Brajovic (Secretary General) – nino.brajovic@uns.rs Phone +381 11 323 6337 Email press@uns.org.rs / unsinfo1@uns.org.rs Website Twitter www.uns.org.rs @UNSinfo INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION (IJAS) – NUNS Address Resavska 28/II 11000 Beograd Staff Zeljko Bodrozic (President) – predsednik@nuns.rs Tamara Filipovic Stevanovic (Secretary Genaral) – sekretar@nuns.rs, tamara.filipovic@nuns.rs, +381 66 88 22 009 Phone +381 11 323 6337 Email nuns@nuns.rs Website Twitter www.nuns.rs @NUNS_1994   THE BRANCH TRADE UNION FOR CULTURE, ART AND MEDIA “NEZAVISNOST” (GS KUM NEZAVISNOST) Address Nusiceva 21 11000 Beograd Staff Darko Sper (President) – darko.sper@gmail.com Tatjana Brebanovic…

Russia

Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU) Address JMWU, 263, rue de Paris, Case 570, 93514 Montreuil, France Staff Chair: Sofia Rusova, rusovasofia@gmail.com Co-Founders: Masha Mayers, Johann Bihr, Daniel Jvirblis Email russianmediainexile@gmail.com Website Twitter Telegram channel https://jmwu.org/ @PZhurnalist profzhur  

Romania

Federația Cultură și Mass-Media FAIR – MediaSind Address Piata Presei Libere nr.1 Casa Presei, intrarea B1, etaj 1, sector 1 Bucuresti Staff Leonard-Octavian Păduret (President) Cristinel Godinac (Executive President) Adrian Ionescu, Ion Moraru (Vice-presidents) Gabriel Nastase (General Secretary) Phone + 40 037 21 50 189 + 40 073 01 12 456 Email office@mediasind.ro Website Twitter www.mediasind.ro @MediaSind

Portugal

  SINDICATO DOS JORNALISTAS (RJ) Address Rua dos Duques de Bragança, 7 E 1249-059 Lisboa Portugal President Luís Filipe Simões – direccao@sinjor.pt Phone +351 21 346 43 54 / +351 21 346 71 75 Email sj@sinjor.pt Contact Person Cláudia Martins Website Twitter http://www.jornalistas.eu/ @SindicatoJorn

Belarus

Belarus Association of Journalists Address Kalvariyskaya str., 16-265, 220004, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (temporarily based in Lithuania) Staff Andrei Bastunets (Chairperson) Barys Haretski (Deputy chairperson), barys.haretski@baj.media Phone Email office@baj.media Website Twitter www.baj.media @baj_by

Austria

Gewerkschaft GPA Address Alfred-Dallinger-Platz 1 A-1030 Wien President Eike-Clemens Kullmann Phone +43 / (0)5 03 01-301 Email service@gpa.at Secretariat Edgar Wolf – Edgar.Wolf@gpa-djp.at Christina Höferl – Christina.Hoeferl@gpa-djp.at Website Twitter www.gpa-djp.at @GewerkschaftGPA   younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft Address z.Hd.Herrn Thomas Kattnig Maria-Theresien-Strasse, 11 A-1090 Wien Oesterreich President Chairman: Ing. Christian Meidlinger Phone +43/0676-8989 41 111 +43/664-6145406 Email info@younion.at Contact person Thomas Kattnig (Communications Officer) – thomas.kattnig@younion.at Website Twitter www.younion.at @younion_at  

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