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Antena 3 strongly condems the abuse against Intact Media Group

Antena 3 strongly condems the abuse against Intact Media Group
17 Feb 2016   •   19:04

Antena 3, part of Intact Media Group, condemns the abusive action taken by the Special Cases Enforcement Directorate, on February, 15th 2016, on behalf of National Agency of Fiscal Administration, which ordered the evacuation, on a five days’ notice, of the buildings that host the television stations of the group.

We believe this action of an unprecedented force to threaten directly the freedom of expression, by putting Antena 3, Antena 1, Antena Stars, ZU TV and Euforia TV’s transmission at risk.

Article 30 of the Romanian Constitution clearly states in point 1 that "Freedom of expression of thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, and freedom of any creation, oral, in writing, pictures, sounds or other means of communication in public are inviolable "and in paragraph 4 "No publication may be suppressed", consistent with the European Union Charter of fundamental rights.

Judging by the way the operation was conducted - including the intimidation of employees, visitors and staff who were at the headquarters, being legitimated, photographed, interrogated – seems as a clear act of impeding journalists to do their work. It is impossible, in terms of technical, logistical and human factors, to move all five television’s facilities in five days.

We consider the February, 15Th action as abusive considering that Intact Media Group’s companies were denied the right to a fair solution following the August, 8th 2014 Court of Law decision: they were not allowed to rent the buildings, for which, the law and the Romanian courts recognized the pre-emption right. A reasonable timetable for releasing the seized spaces was not given either.

Antena 3, through their legal representatives, will continue the judicial efforts to end such an abuse, confident that in a state of law, in a democracy, justice is crucial and freedom of expression cannot be limited or eliminated.
We would like to thank the thousands of people who expressed their support and solidarity and assure them that we will continue to do our job as journalists, with honesty and professionalism.

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