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Aici!”, Cupresadeperete RAPORTUL FREEEX LIBERTATEA PRESEI ÎN ROMÂNIA 2011 București 2012 RAPORTUL FREEEX LIBERTATEA PRESEI ÎN ROMÂNIA 2011 - Membră a Reţelei Reporteri fără Frontiere - Acest raport a fost redactat în cadrul programului FreeEx al ActiveWatch - Agenţia de Monitorizare a Presei. Programul Libertatea de Exprimare - FreeEx a fost demarat de ActiveWatch - Agenţia de Monitorizare a Presei în luna august a anului 1999, cu scopul de a contribui la protejarea și promovarea dreptului la libera exprimare și a libertăţii presei. ActiveWatch - Agenţia de Monitorizare a Presei publică rapoarte anuale referitoare la situaţia libertăţii presei în România. Acest raport este finanţat de Open Society Institute (OSI). Conţinutul acestui raport nu reflectă în mod necesar opinia OSI. Autori: Liana Ganea Răzvan Martin Maria-Adriana Popa Vlad Ursulean Mulţumim pentru contribuţia la redactarea acestui raport: Sorina Vasile, Laura Ștefănuţ, Ștefan Mako. Mulţumim pentru asistenţa acordată departamentului FreeEx pe parcursul întregului an: Mircea Toma, Dan Mihai, Ștefan Cândea, Bogdan Manolea. Tehnoredactare şi design: Alexandra Cândea Dan Ichimescu Finanţator: Open Society Institute Dacă ţi-a fost încălcată liberatea de exprimare, scrie-ne la [email protected]! © ActiveWatch Membră a Reţelei Reporteri fără Frontiere Calea Plevnei nr. 98, bl. 10C, sector 1, București; CP 2 OP 67 021 313 40 47 021 637 37 67 [email protected] www.activewatch.ro Cont IBAN: RO 83 BTRL 0450 1205 A793 02XX Banca Transilvania Sucursala Știrbei Vodă C.I.F. 18912239 Cuprins Metodologie ........................................................................................................... 6 Contextul general .................................................................................................... 7 Presa românească, în cădere liberă ....................................................................... 7 Piaţa media ............................................................................................................ 11 Presa scrisă ................................................................................................... 11 Presa online ................................................................................................... 14 Piaţa de TV .................................................................................................... 14 Radio ........................................................................................................... 17 Presiuni politice şi economice. Presiuni ale autorităţilor ................................................... 19 Adevărul de Seară, interzis la Focșani ................................................................... 19 Adevărul a șters un site la cererea unei agenţii de publicitate ...................................... 19 Gigi Becali a desfiinţat o emisiune TV .................................................................... 20 RCS&RDS blochează distribuţia unor televiziuni ........................................................ 20 Roșia Montană ................................................................................................ 20 Primarul băimărean Cherecheș a vrut să facă regulile unei emisiuni ................................ 20 Artă cenzurată de politic ................................................................................... 21 Primăria Iași dă bani în plic jurnaliștilor ................................................................. 21 Grupul Intact face investigaţii comandate ............................................................. 21 Adevărul Holding a cenzurat o investigaţie despre un deputat ....................................... 22 Agresiuni, ameninţări, insulte ..................................................................................... 23 Președintele CJ Caraș-Severin l-a lovit pe jurnalistul Vali Popovici .................................. 23 Dispreţul europarlamentarilor Vadim Tudor și George Becali pentru ziariști ....................... 23 Jurnaliști atacaţi în Vama Veche .......................................................................... 24 Prezenţa camerei de filmat, semn de „grandomanie” sancţionat violent .......................... 24 Viceprimarul din Dâmbovicioara a deposedat un jurnalist de camera foto ......................... 24 Președintele CJ Brăila le-a vorbit „suburban” jurnaliștilor ........................................... 24 Cristi Tabără, în conflict cu un paparazzo ............................................................... 25 Cameramanul Ovidiu Roșca, bătut de faţă cu Poliţia .................................................. 25 Jurnaliste agresate după o descindere în Piaţa Chiliei din Constanţa ............................... 25 Managerul Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea l-a agresat pe jurnalistul Tiberiu Pîrnău ...................... 25 Fratele Elenei Udrea ameninţă un jurnalist cu „o căpăţână în gură” ............................... 25 Paznicul agresiv de la Liceul „Nicolae Iorga”, rămas fără contract de muncă ..................... 26 Tenismanul Ilie Năstase a jignit o ziaristă ............................................................... 26 Gabriel Bugnar, ameninţat de Cătălin Popa .............................................................. 26 Jurnaliști agresaţi de angajaţii unui local din Eforie Nord ............................................ 26 Crin Antonescu a jignit mai mulţi jurnaliști de la TVR ................................................. 26 Mitică Dragomir, „huliganul” de la Ligă .................................................................. 27 Două dosare penale pentru un preot „supărat” pe jurnaliști ......................................... 27 Jurnaliști Antena3, agresaţi de petrecăreţii dintr-o primărie ........................................ 27 Mihai Gâdea, ameninţat de soţul secretarului general al Guvernului ............................... 27 Președintele statului a jignit-o pe corespondenta Associated Press, Alison Mutler ................ 27 Andras Istvan Demeter, președintele radioului public, ameninţat și șantajat ...................... 27 Abuzuri, agresiuni și derapaje în timpul protestelor din ianuarie 2012 ............................ 28 Accesul la informaţiile de interes public ........................................................................ 32 Tentativă de a restrânge sfera informaţiilor de interes public ...................................... 32 Acces restricţionat în Parlament, la asumarea răspunderii pe Codul Muncii ....................... 32 Sulfina Barbu a exclus femeile de la o dezbatere despre femei ...................................... 33 Roșia Montană e secretă .................................................................................... 33 Primarul Radu Mazăre, amendat pentru tăcere ......................................................... 33 Închisoare secretă CIA în România ........................................................................ 34 Mail-urile și telefoanele oficiale ale deputaţilor sunt inaccesibile ................................... 34 3 Accesul (ne)îngrădit la informaţiile de interes public ................................................. 34 Insulta, calomnia, dreptul la viaţă privată ...................................................................... 36 Dinu Patriciu vs SRI .......................................................................................... 36 Lia Lucia Epure vs Mălin Bot ............................................................................... 36 Ana Birchall vs Iosif Buble .................................................................................. 36 Neînceperea urmăririi penale a jurnalistului Alex Nedea ............................................. 37 Traian Băsescu vs Mugurel Surupăceanu .................................................................. 37 Ion Cristoiu vs Vadim Tudor ................................................................................. 37 Doi ani de închisoare pentru hackerul lui Victor Ciutacu .............................................. 37 Victor Ciutacu vs Radu Moraru ............................................................................. 37 Radu Mazăre vs Ziua de Constanţa ........................................................................ 38 Dumitru Sechelariu vs bloggerul Florin Popescu ........................................................ 38 Procese la CEDO ............................................................................................. 38 Jurnalist oprit să mai relateze despre soţia unui deputat ............................................. 39 Conflicte de muncă .................................................................................................. 41 Un jurnalist a reţinut laptopul de muncă în schimbul salariilor restante ........................... 41 Angajaţii AGERPRES, „cei mai slab remuneraţi” ........................................................ 41 Conflict de muncă la șefia Știrilor TVR ................................................................... 41 ITM a obligat Cronica Română să-și plătească angajaţii ............................................... 42 Litigii, tensiuni și sechestru pe bunuri la Adevărul ..................................................... 42 Proteste în curtea TVR ...................................................................................... 43 Grevă de o zi la Muntenia TV .............................................................................. 43 Florentin Deac vs Cuvântul Liber .........................................................................
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