Spain Refuses to Divulge Details of Draft EU-Mandated Whistleblower Law
Two weeks before Spain is supposed to meet a European Union deadline for member states to implement its new Whistleblower Protection Directive, the government said their law still in draft form and rejected a request by transparency groups to release it
On International Right to Know Day, the "Pro Acceso" coalition demands that the right of access to information be recognised as a fundamental right in Spain
The International Day of the Universal Right of Access to Information ("Right to Know") is celebrated every 28 September.
European trade union conference on whistleblowing held in Madrid just weeks before the deadline for the Spanish government to implement the EU Directive on whistleblower protection
A conference on whistleblowing channels was held in Madrid on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 October. This event took place within the framework of the 6th Eurocadres Congress in the Spanish capital.
Turkey Snubs Press Freedom Mission, Female Journalists in Peril
Having declared that journalists in Turkey - who are being harassed, detained, and jailed - are “incomparably free” - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ruling AKP party officials refused to meet a contingent of media freedom groups.
Murdered Journalist’s Probe Lags, Greece Puts Clamps on Media Freedom
Six months after investigative journalist Giorgos Karaivaz was gunned down near his home in Athens - and as Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pressed police for answers - Greece’s conservative government is being ripped by media freedom groups for proposals that would bring fines and jail time for reporting “false news.”
Despite TVN24 TV License OK, Poland Media Freedom Pressured
After a warning from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) about a “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland, the hardline government that’s challenging the European Union over rule of law extended a broadcasting license for news channel TVN24, but is still squeezing media outlets.
Journalists under threat win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov, for fighting for media freedom in the Philippines and Russia respectively - the first time the Peace Prize has been given to reporters since 1935
Australian Court Lifts Veil of Secrecy in Witness K Lawyer's Trial
Overturning a previous ruling, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Court of Appeal sided with lawyer Bernard Collaery's bid for an open trial as he faces charges of revealing national security information about the alleged bugging of East Timor's government.
Hush-Hush Money, Pandora Papers Unbox How World's Rich Hide Trillions
Named for a Greek myth about a sealed box containing the world's evils, The Pandora Papers – the work of 600 journalists in 117 countries who pored through 11.9 million leaked confidential records – showed how the world's elite and powerful, from business leaders to kings and politicians – hide their wealth.
Australian Court Lifts Veil of Secrecy in Witness K Lawyer's Trial
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Court of Appeal has sided with Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize winner Bernard Collaery in his bid for an open trial
The trial against the alleged harassment at work of the Galician Television, denounced by the cameraman and LGTBI activist Fito Ferreiro, is ready for sentencing
On Friday 24 September, the trial for harassment at work of TV cameraman Fito Ferreiro Seoane (A Coruña, 1962), a well-known LGTBI activist in Galicia, was held in the Social Court No. 3 of Santiago de Compostela. The plaintiff denounced Televisión de Galicia, where he has worked for 36 years, for the situation of "harassment at work".