ZAGREB, May 3 (Hina) - Employees of almost all Croatian media joined in a five-minute stoppage between 11:55 and 12:00 hours on Saturday to mark World Press Freedom Day.
ZAGREB, May 3 (Hina) - Employees of almost all Croatian media joined
in a five-minute stoppage between 11:55 and 12:00 hours on Saturday
to mark World Press Freedom Day. #L#
The action, called "Five Minutes of Thunderous Silence", was a
complete success, the Croatian Journalists Union (SNH) stated.
Many local radio stations, Croatian Radio and entire radio networks
throughout the country joined in the protest, the union said.
Along with agency and TV reporters, journalists working in dailies
participated in the symbolic protest as well. All the media aired a
declaration by the SNH pointing to the need to define the status of
Croatian journalists and media employees.
The action was also joined by journalists and media workers from
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia, and was
supported by the International Federation of Journalists.
The union seeks support for the signing of a collective agreement
regulating minimal social, working and professional rights for
journalists and workers in the media on the national and local
levels and media workers without permanent work contracts, who the
union says work full-time for years without regular pay and pension
and health insurance contributions.
Another purpose of the action was to warn about the need to secure
journalistic independence and protection of journalists against
professionally unfounded interventions, the declaration notes.
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