(GHM/IFEX) – The following is a GHM press release: GREEK STATE TV “HONORS” WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY BY CENSORING AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) denounces the cancellation by Greek state television ET-3 of the showing of the documentary “The other side,” scheduled for last night at 11pm. The documentary, produced by ET-3, presents […]
(GHM/IFEX) – The following is a GHM press release:
GREEK STATE TV “HONORS” WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY BY CENSORING AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) denounces the cancellation by Greek state television ET-3 of the showing of the documentary “The other side,” scheduled for last night at 11pm. The documentary, produced by ET-3, presents the events of 1963-1974 in Cyprus from the angle of Turkish-Cypriots and received an honorable mention in the Sixth International Festival of Thessaloniki (March 2004) for “its handling of a difficult and sensitive topic.” Athens daily “Eleftherotypia” http://www.enet.gr/online/online_print.jsp?id=29394260,17310452 reported yesterday that the expected cancellation was the result of pressure from “nationally correct minded” persons who consider the documentary “anti-national” and “dangerous.” This was the way ET-3 and the state television “honored” yesterday’s World Press Freedom Day.
GHM recalls that, four months ago, it was denounced that ET-3, probably giving in to similar pressures and despite its prior written commitment, had withdrawn its participation as co-producer of a documentary on another “difficult, sensitive, anti-national and dangerous” topic: Max Merten, a war criminal convicted for the Holocaust of Greece’s Jews. Following the denunciation at the time, ET-3 in effect confirmed to the producer its going back on its commitment. ET-3 apparently had the support of the competent ministers to whom the issue was presented then. Relative to that story is an article by the “Ios” investigative team in “Eleftherotypia” of 20/12/2003 and a GHM press release of 29/12/2003:
http://www.enet.gr/online/online_p1_fpage_text.jsp?dt=20/12/2003&id=85673316
http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/organizations/ghm/ghm_29_12_03.doc
