17/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – Stefan Schennach, rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on media freedom and safety of journalists has warned that “in a number of Member States, governments are trying to shape media coverage of the health crisis”. “Under the pretext of wanting to avoid false information which can be harmful to public order, they prevent transparency and gag the critics”, including by using sanctions such as fines, police investigations and...