The Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists listed 201 serious violations of media freedom in 2020, in a report published on Wednesday 28 April.
This figure marks a 40% increase from 2019 and is the highest figure recorded since the platform was established in 2014. A record number of alerts concerned physical assault (52 cases) and harassment or intimidation (70 cases).
The report analyses the threats to freedom of press: impunity for...