Antena 3 CNN Romania PRESS RELEASE. Antena 3 decries the outward intention to suppress five media institutions

PRESS RELEASE. Antena 3 decries the outward intention to suppress five media institutions

PRESS RELEASE. Antena 3 decries the outward intention to suppress five media institutions
17 Feb 2016   •   13:46

Antena 3 TV station, part of the Intact media group, decries the abusive action of February 15, 2016 by the special cases Enforcement Directorate within NAFA, which ordered the eviction within five days, of several buildings , including the headquarters of five television stations belonging to Intact group.
We believe that the action organized in the form of a raid, which involved devices and unprecedented forces, directly threaten the freedom of expression, by endangering the broadcasting of Antena 3 Antena 1, Antena Stars, Zu TV and Euforia TV.

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

By the mode of action - including by intimidating employees, visitors and staff in the headquarters, who were legitimated, photographed, interrogated - it reveals the clear intention to suppress media outlets, to hinder the journalistic work, making it impossible, in technical, logistical and human terms to perform a move out in five days of all five television stations facilities.

We deem abusive the approach of 15 February 2016, because Intact media group companies were denied the right to a fair solution after the sentence of 8 August 2014: they were not allowed to even rent the premises for which, moreover, the law and the courts of Romania have recognized even the preemption right over them, nor have they been proposed a reasonable timetable for releasing the confiscated spaces.
Antena 3, through their legal representatives, will continue efforts in court to end such an abuse, confident that in a state of law and democracy, the judiciary alone can administer justice and freedom of expression cannot be neither restricted nor eliminated.
We would like to thank the tens of thousands of Romanians who have sent in their messages of support and solidarity and assure them that we will continue to do our job of journalists, in all fairness and diligence.

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