Europejska Federacja Dziennikarzy w ostrych słowach skrytykowała decyzję o zwolnieniu z pracy dziennikarzy Rzeczpospolitej, a także...działania polskiego rządu.
W oświadczeniu z dnia 9 listopada, prezydent EFJ, Arne Konig nazywa „skandalem” zwolnienie z pracy „kilku najbardziej doświadczonych dziennikarzy szanowanego dziennika za ich dziennikarstwo śledcze”. „To pokazuje, że polski rząd nie respektuje niezależności mediów, jeśli zmusza wydawców do liczenia się z interesem rządu”, dodał Konig, który w dalszych słowach poparł protest SDP w sprawie zwolnień dziennikarzy.
Oświadczenie EFJ jest odpowiedzią na dwa oświadczenia Zarządu SDP wydane 6 listopada w tej samej sprawie.
List z protestem zostanie przesłany przez EFJ do wydawcy „Rzeczpospolitej”w poniedzialek, 12 listopada.
Pełen tekst oświadczenia EFJ:
EFJ Blasts Polish Paper for Sacking Journalists over Crash Report
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today criticised the decision to sack the editor-in chief of the Polish daily Rzeczpospolitaalong with three journalists over a report on the plane crash which killed former President Lech Kaczynskiin April 2010.
Tomasz Wróblewski, the paper’s editor-in-chief, his deputyBartosz Marczuk, journalist Cezary Gmyz who wrote the article and internal affairs editor Mariusz Staniszewski lost their jobs on Tuesday, 6 November, on the decision by the supervisory board and the publisher of "Rzeczpospolita", Presspublica belonging to Mr. Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
The article entitled "Trotyl in the wreckage of the Tupolev" triggered a political row when it said they had found traces of TNT and nitro-glycerin on the wings and in the cabin of the jet of former Polish President Lech Kaczynski which crashed in Smoleńsk, Russia, two years ago, killing the President and 95 members of his delegation.
“Dismissing some of the most senior and experienced journalists of a respected daily newspaper in Poland due to their investigative journalism is a scandal,” said EFJ President Arne König. “This shows that the Polish government is not respecting the independence of media when it forces publishers to show undue consideration for the government and its interest. We support our affiliate, the Polish Journalists Association (SDP) in its protests against these politically driven dismissals.”
In a statement, the SDP also condemned the decision, saying that “ We consider the action taken by the Supervisory Board of the owner of “Presspublica” Publishing House against Mr. Cezary Gmyz as a violation of the principles which regulate relations with investigative journalists in free and independent media. We find the attempts to make the author disclose his sources and details of investigation unacceptable.”
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