Articles - Czech Republic
21 October 2009
Czech Republic
Journalists condemn new law on police wiretaps
In a new report published this month on the press freedom climate in the Czech Republic, the International Press Institute (IPI) says many Czech editors voiced strong concern about a recent law which makes it illegal to publish any information acquired from police wiretaps.
30 October 2001
Czech Republic
PRIMER MINISTRO AMENAZA CON LLEVAR A REVISTA A BANCARROTA
30 October 2001
Czech Republic
LE PREMIER MINISTRE MENACE D?ACCULER UN MAGAZINE À LA FAILLITE
30 October 2001
Czech Republic
PRIME MINISTER THREATENS TO BANKRUPT MAGAZINE
The prime minister of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, has threatened to bankrupt the independent weekly "Respekt" in retaliation for its reporting on government corruption, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the International Press Institute (IPI). On 22 October, Zeman announced that he would begin filing a series of lawsuits against the weekly and its editor-in-chief Petro Holub "in order to make sure that "Respekt" finally ceases to exist," according to IPI.
9 January 2001
Czech Republic
PERIODISTAS DE TV HACEN HUELGA POR INTERFERENCIA POLÍTICA
9 January 2001
Czech Republic
FONT GRÈVE À LA SUITE D?UNE INTERVENTION POLITIQUE
9 January 2001
Czech Republic
TV JOURNALISTS STRIKE OVER POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
The appointment of a controversial new general manager for Czech public TV and the subsequent dismissal of journalists has provoked a strike by the station's journalists as well as protests from the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Freedom House, and the International Press Institute (IPI). The events have shaken the country, which freed itself from Soviet-style press controls only a decade ago. IFJ calls the strike a "moment of truth", while the WPFC says the situation is a "black mark for free speech and press freedom."
21 September 1999
Czech Republic
NUEVO PROYECTO DE LEY AMENAZA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
21 September 1999
Czech Republic
UN PROJET DE LOI MENACE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
21 September 1999
Czech Republic
NEW DRAFT LAW THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM
The approval of a new draft law currently before the Czech Parliament would place press freedom at risk, ARTICLE 19 states. ARTICLE 19 claims that the law âwill place the Czech Republic in breach of its obligations under international law to respect the guarantee of freedom of expression and will be a retrograde step in the development of democracy and media freedom in the Czech Republic.â The law, which is to replace the Czechoslovak Press Law of 1966 and its subsequent amendments, contains a number of articles that place new restrictions on publishers regarding
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