Progress report: Kosovo gets lower, 1st rate for media freedom, according to Kusari butterfly

Periskopi

8 November 2023, 10:45(3 years ago)

Media-right lawyer Butan Kosari has published some of the most critical points for Kosovo by the Progress Report, which is expected to be published in the afternoon, writes Periscope. According to Kusari, Kosovo has received the lowest, 1st grade, stressing that the Commission's recommendations that it issued last year have not yet been implemented. “On [...]

Media-right lawyer Butan Kosari has published some of the most critical points for Kosovo by the Progress Report, which is expected to be published in the afternoon, writes Periscope.

According to Kusari, Kosovo has received the lowest, 1st grade, stressing that the Commission's recommendations that it issued last year have not yet been implemented.

“In some cases, public officials, including senior public officials, have made derogatory and defamatory statements and have used many intimigating to journalists

As tenons in the north increase, so have attacks on journalists, some 30 cases have been recorded.

Access to official documents, journalists have obstacles due to delays and denials of requests in public documents, including by the government

Serbian media have difficulty accessing information, the Kosovo Assembly continues to fail”, wrote Kusari among other things.

Full launch of the Kusar butterfly:

In the area of media freedom, Kosovo has been praised with lymitised progress or limited progress, which is the lowest, single grade. Worse than allowed progress is no progress or background.

Although the report says lymphized progress, the next sentence says

Last year's commission recommendations have not been implemented and are still valid. So this word lymphized progress has been given by the Commission as a gift not to get worse than Serbia and Albania, and well done, unless we deceive ourselves into Kosovo.

These are the notes that put the European Commission on when you value the states.

1sh Limited Progress

2 Have Some Progress

3sh good progress

4 See Real Good Progress

5 Significant Progress

Criticals for Our Country

Concerns continue to remain over physical attacks and threats, denigration campaigns and hate speech

In particular, journalists' safety in the north is problematic

In June, The ARBK suspended Clan Kosovo's business license. The move could have a negative impact on the state of media freedom in Kosovo.

Zero progress changing completion of law on RTK, zero progress changing implementation of the KPM law, the process of administration of these laws must be made with civil society involvement

The Law on Protection of Journalists' Resources Must Be harmonised With European Standards

The device protection law is not effectively implemented

Lack of financial sustainability makes media vulnerable to business, political interests

There is a lack of data about media ownership because no rules for property transparency are not pre-lawed.

There are increasing attacks on journalists, referring to AGK data

In some cases, public officials, including senior public officials, have made derogatory and defamatory statements and have used many intimigating to journalists

As tenons in the north increase, so have attacks on journalists, some 30 cases have been recorded.

Access to official documents, journalists have obstacles due to delays and denials of requests in public documents, including by the government

Serbian media have difficulty accessing information, Kosovo Assembly continues to fail

During the reporting period, KPM has not been functional due to lack of quorum

Kosovo's Written Media Council is effective in implementing Ethics Code

RTK board is not involved in RTK change law process

RTK financing is below the pre-lawed norm

Civil society, opposition parties have criticised the election of public television director because of his ties to the ruling party

Media funding is problematic

Through the Reporters in Residence project, implemented by AGK, 14 journalists from Ukraine and 6 from Afghanistan are in Kosovo.

P. S

The report was sent to me from a reliable source and is yesterday's draft. If any changes are made today before approval, I will inform you. After it's published online, I compare two versions. The report is expected to be released online in the afternoon.

Points where I put some

It's the hardest criticism I can think of.