When white collar criminals try to silence the press
Before she was murdered in 2017, Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had been subjected to ongoing litigation to silence her. Afp
In Switzerland, as in the rest of Europe and the US, attempts to pressure and censor a financially fragile media are increasing. Some thirty non-government organisations warn that these judicial attacks threaten free speech.
This content was published on May 6, 2021 - 09:21
May 6, 2021 - 09:21
Samuel Jaberg
Journalist and deputy head of the swissinfo.ch editorial group for German, French and Italian. Earlier, worked for Teletext and Switzerland’s French-language national broadcaster.
It was one legal case too many for Marie Maurisse and François Pilet. Late January, the two founders of Gotham City, a Swiss online publication that specialises in white collar crime, find themselves in court for the fifth time in under 12 months. The reason? Having sought to report the conviction of
Le Parlement suisse veut renforcer la censure contre les médias
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Quand les criminels en col blanc tentent de bâillonner la presse
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Press freedom ranking: Switzerland remains in the top group Despite losing two places again, Switzerland remains in the top group of the 2021 press freedom rankings. New Zealand and Portugal have overtaken Switzerland because their scores have improved slightly. RSF Switzerland is nevertheless concerned. Editorial - 20 April 2021
In the ranking published on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Switzerland s result remained stable. As in the previous year, it lost two places and now ranks 10th.
It thus remains in the white zone of the world rankings. This includes countries in which freedom of information is best protected in an international comparison, according to media documents.