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Cuttings – what others have said about the Survey

AEJ Media Freedom Survey The Press Ombudsman, Dr John Horgan, Eileen Dunne, chair of the Irish Section of the AEJ and William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative, at the 45th AEJ congress in Dublin Castle — Irish Times                                 Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill  _________________________________ CNN: On 18 November 2008, William Horsley was interviewed on CNN's Independent Correspondents. The main topic was the prohibition of the cartoon in El Jueves, the Spanish satirical magazine (see below). No recording is available, but a transcript is (NB the interview is the last item, so please scroll down to see it). _________________________________ Viewpoint: Media freedom dented By William Horsley, writer on European affairs London, 13 November 2007 Was it lèse majesté or just a good laugh? Scurrilous libel or a witty commentary on a topical issue for Spanish parents? A court in Spain has convicted Manel Fontdevila, cartoons editor of the popular satirical weekly magazine, El Jueves, and cartoonist "Guillermo" of "damaging the prestige of the crown". Both men received a hefty 3,000-euro (£2,100) fine. Their offence was to have published a cartoon last July making ribald fun of the heir to the Spanish throne, and of the government's scheme to encourage women to have more babies by giving mothers a special payment for each new birth. It was a caricature of Prince Filipe having sex with his wife, Princess Letizia, and telling her: "Do you realise that if you get pregnant, it will be the closest thing to work I've done in my life?" [...] For the full text of this article, see BBC Online

References The Irish Times kindly gave us permission to reproduce Emerging threats to freedom of the press By Paul Gillespie. 17 November 2007 Internews reported the participation of Manana Aslamazyan in the Dublin workshop. Manana wrote the Survey report on Russia. The Communications Initiative Network has a page devoted to the Survey. News of the Survey was also posted on: SacredFacts cearta.ie eircom.ie Hibernia Girl The speech opening the morning session of the Congress by Bertie Ahern TD appears on the website of An Taoiseach. See Euractiv and the NUJ for reports of the Survey Update launch in Brussels The following Turkish language articles appeared in Halkın Gazetesi BirGün: Özgürlüğe veda mi? Avrupa medyası kıskaç altında By Zeynep Oğuz. 3 December 2007 Article in pdf format Halali sas yitones! By L Doğan Tılıç. 28 November 2007 Bekçi köpekliği" mi, kucak köpekliği" mi? By L Doğan Tılıç. 14 November 2007 See also Letter to the Editor of The Times, co-signed by the AEJ UK Chairman, on 19 May 2008 about protection of journalistic sources