ZAGREB, May 1 (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) on Saturday issued a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.
ZAGREB, May 1 (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) on
Saturday issued a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom
Day, May 3.#L#
"We remind journalists and media owners, public authorities and other
participants in public life that freedom in modern democracies and in
the rule of law means harmony, that is, that the freedom of one man is
limited by another man's freedom," reads the statement signed by HND
president Dragutin Lucic.
The HND therefore calls on journalists and editors to ensure public
and free presentation of one's views.
Addressing the authorities, the HND warns that the recent Media Law
gives reason to believe that the strongest public medium is still
managed by politics rather than civil society.
"We are also warning about the unacceptable way of management of
state-owned media like Slobodna Dalmacija and Vjesnik dailies".
The HND points to the fact that the highest representatives of public
authority are withholding information from reporters and to an
increasing number of attacks on reporters, as well as to the
destructive effects of sensationalism, misinformation, xenophobia in
the media and the violation of ethnic, religious, sexual and other
human rights.
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