25 March 2020
A five-year study of attacks on media workers in Germany reveals that "attacks on the press are the new normal", with the vast majority of attacks the work of right-wing groups.
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"The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom publishes results of its five-year study of attacks on media workers in Germany
ECPMF has been systematically monitoring attacks on journalists since 2015. A clear picture emerges after five years: attacks on the press are now the new normal.
The 2019 results, on the other hand, confirm the findings from previous years – despite the lower number of cases. ECPMF has recorded 14 physical attacks on journalists last year. For comparison: in the previous year 2018, 26 violent attacks were verified.
In 2019, with the exception of three attacks, they all came from right-wing groups. This confirms the findings of the past four years: media professionals, journalists and reporters were still most at risk from right-wingers who despise the press. ECPMF is not aware of any attacks from the left in 2019."
Threats to journalists: The ’new normal’ in Germany (ECPMF, link)
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