Our View: Media freedom cannot mean state control

It is deeply ironic that Cyprus’ state authorities are using a European regulation on media freedom, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), to restrict media freedom by exercising control over journalists. The government has transformed the regulation, after minimal public dialogue, into a law proposal that would make journalists answerable to state appointees who will […]

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