‘We want to work freely’: Slovakian journalists protest against media overhaul
by Lili Bayer from World news | The Guardian on (#6MBC0)
Government accused of trying to undermine independent media with move to replace public broadcaster RTVS
Journalists in Slovakia are protesting against a government move to overhaul the country's public broadcaster, warning that the populist prime minister, Robert Fico, and his allies are undermining media freedom.
On Thursday, many journalists wore black, a day after Slovakia's government approved a controversial draft law that would replace the public broadcaster RTVS, remove its director general and allow a council partly selected by a ministry to appoint a new chief.
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