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A difficult profession : media freedom under attack in the Western Balkans / [written by Lydia Gall].
Gall, Lydia, author.; Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
2015
PN4748.B28 G35 2015 (Map It)
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Author
Gall, Lydia, author.
Title
A difficult profession : media freedom under attack in the Western Balkans / [written by Lydia Gall].
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
PN4748.B28 G35 2015
Variant Title
Media freedom under attack in the Western Balkans
ISBN
9781623132576
1623132576
Description
69 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)914237129
Summary
"This 69-page report documents physical attacks and threats, including death threats, punitive lawsuits, and smear campaigns targeting journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. The report is based on interviews with 86 journalists, most of whom report on sensitive issues such as war crimes and corruption, in the four Western Balkan countries. Human Rights Watch also documented several cases of cyberattacks against online media outlets critical of the governments. None of the countries are adequately investigating or prosecuting the attacks on journalists, Human Rights Watch found"--Publisher's description.
Note
"July 2015"--Table of contents page.
"This report was written and researched by Lydia Gall, researcher on Balkans/Eastern Europe in the Europe and Central Asia Division"--Acknowledgments.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary
Key Recommendations
Methodology
I. Background
II. Attacks and Threats against Journalists
III. Interference with Media by Political Elites
IV. Civil Defamation Lawsuits against Critical Media Outlets and Journalists
V. Cyber-attacks against Critical Websites
VI. Smear Campaigns against Journalists and Media Outlets
VII. International and Domestic Legal Obligations
Recommendations
Acknowledgments.

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