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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11532
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (ae) freedom of expression

Guidelines for protection of journalists and whistleblowers

Strasbourg, 14/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - In a recommendation adopted on Wednesday 13 April, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) defined a series of guidelines to ensure the safety of journalists and other media players in the 47 member countries.

The text calls upon these states to re-examine their national laws and practices to verify that these comply with the European Convention on Human Rights and, if necessary, to change them.

More directly, article 10 of the...

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