Monitoring report: Defamation laws still concern for Europe media
January 30th, 2018
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VIENNA, Oct 22, 2014 – Reflective of a lack of global legal consensus, media policies toward anonymous online reader comments remain in an “experimental” stage, a new report commissioned by the International Press Institute (IPI) has concluded.
SKOPJE, Oct 21, 2014 – Defamation may no longer be a criminal offence in the Republic of Macedonia/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, but the dangers defamation cases harbour for press freedom remain alive and well in the southeast European country, an official candidate for European Union membership.
VIENNA Oct 20, 2014 – The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with eight other press freedom organisations to submit a letter to the U.N. Human Rights Committee listing concerns to be considered during Spain’s sixth country review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
VIENNA, Oct 9, 2014 – With Italy’s Senate preparing for a final vote on a long-pending defamation reform bill, the International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the body’s members to adopt key amendments aimed at bringing the measure in line with international standards on free expression.
VIENNA, Oct 6, 2014 – The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a decision by prosecutors in Slovakia to drop criminal libel charges against journalist Dušan Karolyi.