Council of Europe report finds journalists face obstruction, violence

Tom Gibson/CPJ EU Representative
The European Parliament prepares for a debate on press freedom in Strasbourg in March, following the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The Council of Europe's platform on journalist safety finds the media increasingly faces hostility. (AFP/Frederick Florin)

The European Parliament prepares for a debate on press freedom in Strasbourg in March, following the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The Council of Europe's platform on journalist safety finds the media increasingly faces hostility. (AFP/Frederick Florin)

The Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and the Safety of Journalists today published its annual report, “Democracy at Risk.”

The report, which analyses media freedom violations reported to the platform in 2018, finds a worsening environment for the media across Europe, with journalists increasingly facing obstruction, hostility and violence for their reporting.

CPJ is a partner to the platform, which is made up of 12 leading international journalist and media organisations as well as freedom of expression advocacy groups.

Read the full report here.

Tom Gibson is CPJ’s lead advocate in Brussels, covering the EU. Before joining CPJ, Gibson managed Protection International’s Burundi and Congo desks, advocating for stronger state accountability for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists. Gibson was also part of Amnesty International’s Africa program in London and Nairobi.

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