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Campaigns and Advocacy

31 January 2011

President says he opposes proposal to criminalise defamation

President Ivo Josipović told a joint IPI/SEEMO delegation in Zagreb that he is against proposed changes to his country's criminal code that would impose severe penalties for libel, including jail.



From the Communiqué

10 November 2010

Six jailed for Pukanic's murder

A court in Croatia has convicted six men for the mafia-style murder of high-profile journalist Ivo Pukanic, say international news reports. Pukanic, editor of the magazine "Nacional", was killed in October 2008, alongside his marketing manager, Niko Franjic, when a car bomb went off near their Zagreb office.
29 October 2008

BOMBING OF TWO JOURNALISTS THREATENS CROATIA'S BID TO JOIN EU

It has been called one of the most serious attacks on press freedom in years in the entire South East European region, one that could seriously damage Croatia's bid to join the European Union: two journalists were killed in a car bombing in Croatia, report the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), and other IFEX members.
10 December 2003

CROATIAN LIBRARIANS PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION

To mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, the Croatian Library Association Committee for Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information is hosting its third annual round table discussion in Zagreb on improving public access to library services.

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Reports

22 January 2009

World Report 2009: Croatia

16 April 2008

Annual Report 2008: Balkans




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Alerts

IPI calls for professionalisation of public broadcaster 20 January 2012 IPI condemns new death threats against journalist 14 December 2011 IPI demands public prosecutor investigate top military officials over alleged death threats to journalist 21 July 2011 Four suspects in brutal attack on "Jutarnji List" journalist Dusan Miljus captured 30 December 2010 Concerns grow about anonymous death threats to newspaper staff 8 October 2010 Journalists under siege after publishing articles on "Meat Affair" 30 September 2010 Two years after brutal attack on "Jutarnji List" journalist perpetrators still at large 2 June 2010 IPI concerned that attackers of journalist still not caught after more than a year 16 June 2009 Serbian police arrest suspects in deadly Croatian bombing 4 June 2009 Journalist loses contract, prohibited from appearing on radio and television programmes 19 December 2008 Journalist finds electronic device under his car, fears bomb threat 26 November 2008 Police charge five suspects in death of two newspaper staff 4 November 2008 Journalist and newspaper marketing director killed in car bombing 24 October 2008 Previously-attacked journalist subjected to new threats; police fail to track perpetrators of June attack 11 July 2008 Journalist previously threatened over his writing brutally beaten, injured 4 June 2008 Albanian, Croatian journalists threatened, violently assaulted; Montenegrin publisher, newspaper lose one exorbitant lawsuit, hit by another 30 May 2008 News magazine director escapes assassination attempt 11 April 2008 Journalist petitions authorities for protection, an end to ongoing harassment by intelligence agency 28 March 2008 Journalist receives death threats 20 March 2008 Accused war criminal sues newspaper for alleged defamation; newspaper claims death threats linked to his release on bail 27 February 2008 Journalist investigating war crimes receives death threat 20 February 2008 Journalists summoned to international court for publishing allegedly confidential information on war crimes trial 12 November 2007 Independent newspaper closes, alleging bias after government refuses to write off debt; a "massive blow to media pluralism", says EFJ 21 June 2007 Proceedings against journalists covering international tribunal set disturbing precedent, says RSF 21 June 2007 Crime-investigating television journalist gets death threats 23 February 2007 See all alerts: Croatia
 
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