elisabeth witchel

Media Defence, Coordinator Legal Network for Journalists at Risk @mediadefence

[Media Defence @mediadefence]

#Turkey: @RamazanDemir_26 is one of 28 sentenced after the 2016 crackdown on Kurdish human rights defenders. Demir has been handed over 11 yrs in prison. The proceedings appear to be blatant attack on the independence of the legal profession.

https://t.co/0c0t4xaBBT

[Media Defence @mediadefence]

Ramazan Demir is among 28 people sentenced by an Istanbul court, alongside ten lawyers affiliated with ÖHD and TUAD, who received prison terms of up to 11 years and 3 months. The case involved 50 defendants, 11 of whom were acquitted. Learn more from MLSA: https://t.co/2R1WvlymVR

[Media Defence @mediadefence]

#Azerbaijan held liable for blocking @RFERL websites by @ECHR_CEDH, in case brought by Media Defence, upholding the fundamental right to access information.

Read our full statement here: https://t.co/tBgoAtJJAF

[elisabeth witchel @goodwitch917]

Congratulations to our Legal Network for Journalists at Risk #LNJAR member @fluturakusari @ECPMF. A well deserved recognition for #pressfreedom champion.

[Flutura Kusari @fluturakusari]

Media freedom across Europe is facing challenges and threats, with journalists being killed, assaulted, smeared, and sued. Defending media freedom and media professionals means defending European democracy. The award is recognition and motivation to continue activism.

[CPJ Africa @CPJAfrica]

#DRC/#RDC: CPJ is alarmed by the conviction of journalist Stanis Bujakera and his sentencing to six months in prison and a fine of 1 million Congolese francs. The fact that he has already spent over six months in jail and is expected to be released on time served is little consolation for the chilling message this sends to the media community.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

[ARTICLE 19 Law @article19law]

@article19org is monitoring #SLAPPs against journalist Chutima Sidasathian, facing trial today on criminal defamation charges for uncovering corruption.

We urge the court to dismiss all charges and for the govt to urgently decriminalise defamation.

https://t.co/l0N3DmldtH

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

In #Thailand, @TrialWatch will monitor the criminal defamation trial of journalist Chutima Sidasthian, sparked by her investigative reporting into corruption, and set to start on February 6. https://t.co/mMVzKiiAWj

[elisabeth witchel @goodwitch917]

@lawsuting @pressfreedom @TRF @mediadefence @lawsuting If you'd like to learn more about the Legal Network for Journalists at Risk and contact us please visit https://t.co/WekR9UT6Yi.

[elisabeth witchel @goodwitch917]

My colleagues from the Legal Network for Journalists at Risk produced guides to help journalists understand defamation laws, a tool widely used to censor and intimidate the media. Please use and share. # defamation #medialegalhelp @pressfreedom @trf @mediadefence

[Thomson Reuters Foundation @TRF]

✍️ Defamation laws are being misused to censor journalists and shield the powerful from criticism.

As part of our legal network with @mediadefence and @pressfreedom, we've created guides to give reporters a practical understanding of these laws. ⤵️ https://t.co/ipZsYXD5tR

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

As we work to secure the release of human rights defenders unjustly detained in Cambodia & Vietnam, we are proud to join @pressfreedom & @RFKHumanRights to document attacks on free expression in both countries ahead of their @UN_HRC reviews. #EndImpunity
https://t.co/OGJczqpzfl

[CPJ Europe and Central Asia @CPJ_Eurasia]

On the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against Journalists, @pressfreedom calls for justice in all cases of journalists killed for their work.

No one has been held to account in nearly 80% of journalists' murders in the last 10 years: https://t.co/cvOcajbGQa

#IDEI

[EFJ @efjeurope]

48 murders and assassinations of #journalists go unpunished in #Europe. Here is our list of impunity cases. Inaction is complicity with the killers.

#EndImpunity #IDEI2023 #EuropeForFreeMedia #TruthNeverDies

https://t.co/7dM2s1e8Ec

[IFJ @IFJGlobal]

#IDEI2023 Silence costs lives. We are calling on governments across the world to condemn, investigate, and arrest those who kill, harass and intimidate journalists, and enact clear and enforceable legislation to protect their safety #Endimpunity https://t.co/QuHbehmBYI

[elisabeth witchel @goodwitch917]

Much of the world's attention in on Israel-Gaza but important to remember in countries like Somalia journalists have been targeted with #impunity for well over a decade. #ImpunityIndex #IDEI2023

[Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) @SOMWA4]

Today, as we commemorate the International Day to End Crimes against Journalists, we sadly once again rank among the worst countries where crimes against Journo go uninvestigated N unpunished. We emphasize the safety of women journals and call on laws that protect us. #IDEI2023

[Joel Simon @JoelSimonSays]

Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists #IDEI2023. I am taking the opportunity to celebrate the work of my former colleagues at @pressfreedom and making a donation to support it. I hope you will join me in doing so. https://t.co/ly6oC4Mzwv

[elisabeth witchel @goodwitch917]

Join @mediadefence webinar on the impact of internet shutdowns on Freedom of Expression in Latin America.

[Media Defence @mediadefence]

Estamos organizando el webinar, sobre el impacto de las interrupciones de Internet en la libertad de expresión en América Latina, en colaboración con @ElVeinteOrg, @TEDICpy y @derechosdigital

✏ Regístrese aquí:
https://t.co/o0w5OBFgxI

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

Big news in the Anti-SLAPP world. The passage of the Economic Crime Act contains the first anti-SLAPP provision in UK law. It's a great first step but there is still much more to do to stamp out SLAPPs.

https://t.co/bQ9t8hwCee

[Paul Caruana Galizia @pcaruanagalizia]

UK publication day. Never thought it would come.

[IFEX @IFEX]

Media freedom groups demand renewed investigation into crimes against Romanian journalist @emiliasercan - via @globalfreemedia https://t.co/rQzn1i3vUl @EFJEUROPE @ECPMF

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Journalists are among the civilians killed, injured or missing in the ongoing #IsraelPalestineConflict, set off by the biggest attack on Israel in years by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

CPJ calls on all sides to remember that journalists are civilians and #NotATarget.