#JournalistsSafetyConferenceAL
Albana Shala from Free Press Unlimited emphasized the need for joint collaboration between the justice sector, the police and journalists to support free media.

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Flutura Kusari: Journalists' safety is physical safety, financial safety, emotional and psychological safety.

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ReinoutVos, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the #Netherlands to #Albania expressed concerns on the level of press freedom in AL, and called on institutional actors to include CSOs ones in decision making processes to strengthen democracy.

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Etilda Gjonaj emphasized the need for more work to be done in regard to cyber violence and cyberbullying, and how #womenjournalists are more at risk by this sort of violence.

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#OlsianCela #GeneralProsecutorofAlbania renewed the commitment of his institution in taking forward cases of violence against journalists, and expressed the need for serious engagement in increasing capacities to investigate #cybercrime .

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Jorida Tabaku while raising concerns on #mediaowners vested economic interests and increasing violence against media workers, calls for changes in the penal code to protect journalists and prevent violence against them.

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Blerjana Bino puts an emphasis on the increasing abuse on journalists in Albania, and the gap between cases reported and actual ones. Bino continued thanking journalists who follow their mission, despite challenges, in service of public interest.

#LorinKadiu from Citizens.al shares with concerns on #mediacybervulnerabilities with attackers on the digital world constituting emerging threats difficult to be countered by small, independent outlets, with limited cyber capabilities.

#KristinaVoko from #BIRNAlbania raised the concern on the recently created disinformation commission, and its repercussions on the wider ecosystem.

The roundtable on 'Strengthening Journalistic Safety through Engaged Stakeholder Collaboration' is on! Flutura Kusari sets the scene for the day's discussion emphasizing the need for such engagement in an evolving threatening environment for media freedom & journalists in the AL.