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'Press Lawyer’ – Your Guide in Media Legislation
On the occasion of the Press Freedom Days, the Department for Media Law and Policy of the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) launched a new section called ‘Media Lawyer’. Every Friday IJC lawyers will answer the questions of journalists and media outlets representatives related... more
Media NGOs Ask the Minister of Internal Affairs to Remove the Unlawful Seizure from the Newspaper ‘Cuvantul’
Non-government media organisations report an unusual case that took place on Thursday, 10 May 2018, in Rezina town. At the indication of the Economic Police Department of Rezina Police Inspectorate, an amount of copies of the independent weekly regional newspaper ‘Cuvantul’,... more
According to the second IJC monitoring report, most broadcasters continue to do political partisanship during the elections
Seven out of ten TV channels monitored during 28 April - 4 May 2018, which in the previous period did not reflect the election campaign in a fair and unbiased way, continue to do political partisanship. The second monitoring report of the mass-media behavior during the election... more
Press Solidarity March 2018: Post-Factum Reactions and Ungrounded Attacks
None of the authorities came out in front of journalists on World Press Freedom Day. Later, however the Speaker of the Parliament Andrian Candu reacted harshly, accusing solidarity march organizers of making protests out of habit in order to waste their money from projects.... more
Statement of Media NGOs on the Speaker’s Declaration about the Journalists’ Protest on May 3
Media NGOs and independent journalists were taken aback by the statements made by Speaker Andrian Candu in a press briefing at Parliament, on Thursday, 3 May - the World Press Freedom Day. Thus, when asked by a reporter why he had not come to talk to the participants in the... more
Clarifications by the Independent Journalism Centre on a Press Release by the Parliament
The Division for Communication and Public Relations of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova published a press release today – A Motion Against... more
Political Bias of the Majority of Broadcasters in Elections, Confirmed by the IJC’s First Monitoring Report
Seven out of ten TV channels monitored during 20–27 April 2018 failed to reflect the election campaign in a fair and unbiased way, thus promoting the political agenda of certain candidates in the new local elections of 20 May 2018, states the... more
Media Azi: New Local Elections: Who Sets the Game Rules for Broadcasters?
Why are the game rules for broadcasters in the current local elections unclear and what should the Central Electoral Commission do in the future to avoid such ambiguous situations? What were the reasons that made certain media outlets state that they would not reflect the... more