{"id":3896,"date":"2022-03-30T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/raport-arestari-evitarea-publicarii-informatiilor-despre-incalcarea-dreptului-omului-si-alte-provocari-sistemice-cu-care-se-confrunta-presa-din-grecia\/"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:06:15","slug":"raport-arestari-evitarea-publicarii-informatiilor-despre-incalcarea-dreptului-omului-si-alte-provocari-sistemice-cu-care-se-confrunta-presa-din-grecia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/raport-arestari-evitarea-publicarii-informatiilor-despre-incalcarea-dreptului-omului-si-alte-provocari-sistemice-cu-care-se-confrunta-presa-din-grecia\/","title":{"rendered":"Report \/\/ Arrests, avoiding publication of information on human rights violations, and other systemic challenges faced by Greek media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Challenges to media independence and the safety of journalists have become systemic in Greece, according to the study \u201cControlling the message: Challenges for independent reporting in Greece<\/a>\u201d, shared by the International Press Institute<\/a>. The report was prepared in December 2021 by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders. The research includes over 30 interviews on media topics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors of the research note that while the problems in Greece are not unique, their intensity \u201cis highly problematic\u201d and stands apart from most other EU Member States. According to them, \u201cnews that is inconvenient or unflattering for the government, which includes reporting on serious human rights violations, does not get reported in many outlets.\u201d \u201cThis creates a significant obstacle for the public\u2019s access to information and, subsequently, their informed participation in the democratic process,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers believe that the fragmentation of the media landscape and the current state of the press have been shaping up for more than ten years, following the perpetuation of financial and political crises, which have affected Greece and have also had an impact on the way journalism is understood there. At the same time, there has been a deterioration of press freedom since Nea Dimokratia\u2019s electoral victory in 2019, the party \u201cobsessed with controlling the message\u201d and \u201cminimizing critical and dissenting voices\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report also mentions the murder of crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz, which drew international attention to the significant problems with journalists\u2019 safety. According to it, \u201cthe investigation progress appears slow and lacks basic transparency,\u201d which \u201cleads to mistrust\u201d about the authorities\u2019 ability or willingness to protect the media community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors of the report note that migration policy, human rights violations, and the humanitarian crisis that the refugee stream has created are highly sensitive topics for Greek government, and reporting on these issues in the media is increasingly difficult, as journalists face obstacles, including arbitrary arrest and detention, restriction of access to migration hotspots, surveillance, and harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coverage of protests is another particularly problematic issue for journalists in Greece. \u201cJournalists face aggression and harassment from law enforcement and from protesters. Overall, there is a lack of political will to ensure that journalists can safely report from demonstrations, which translates to a lack of adequate protection at the operational level,\u201d the report also says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, the MFRR issued a series of recommendations to the Greek authorities and the European community, including the institutions of the European Union and other EU Member States. You can find more details here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Challenges to media independence and the safety of journalists have become systemic in Greece, according to the study \u201cControlling the message: Challenges for independent reporting in Greece\u201d, shared by the International Press Institute. The report was prepared in December 2021 by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders. The research …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021.jpg",1000,667,false],"jannah-image-small":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-220x150.jpg",220,150,true],"jannah-image-large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-390x220.jpg",390,220,true],"jannah-image-post":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-780x470.jpg",780,470,true],"awsm_team":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IPI-Greece-newspapers-Athens-media-freedom-mission-MFRR-29-11-2021-500x500.jpg",500,500,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"DISABLED Gancev Vasile","author_link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/author\/vgancev\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Challenges to media independence and the safety of journalists have become systemic in Greece, according to the study \u201cControlling the message: Challenges for independent reporting in Greece\u201d, shared by the International Press Institute. The report was prepared in December 2021 by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders. The research…","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3898,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}