'Yancin 'yan jarida na fuskantar matsin lamba a cikin EU da ma duniya baki daya. Gano yadda Majalisar Turai ke goyon bayan aikin 'yan jarida.
Aikin jarida yana ƙara fuskantar ƙalubale, yayin da ake amfani da sabbin tashoshi na dijital don yada ɓarna a cikin duniya da ke ƙara rarrabuwa. Yayin da nahiyar Turai ke ci gaba da zama nahiya mafi aminci ga 'yan jarida da 'yancin yada labarai, an yi ta kai hare-hare da tsoratarwa a wasu kasashe yayin da yakin da Rasha ke yi da Ukraine ya kara dagula al'amura.
A yayin bikin ranar 'yancin 'yan jarida a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 'yan majalisa sun gudanar da wani muhawara gaba daya a Strasbourg inda suka nuna damuwarsu game da karuwar hare-haren da ake kaiwa 'yan jarida tare da jaddada cewa 'yan jarida na da matukar muhimmanci ga dimokuradiyya ta yi aiki.
Shugabar majalisar Roberta Metsola ta ce a wata ‘yar gajeriyar sanarwa kafin muhawarar: “Bai kamata ‘yan jarida su zabi tsakanin bankado gaskiya da kuma dawwama a raye ba. Bai kamata a tilasta musu su kashe shekaru da tanadi don yin jayayya da tsauraran shari'a ba… Dimokiradiyya mai ƙarfi tana buƙatar jarida mai ƙarfi."
Gudunmawar Majalisar Tarayyar Turai wajen kare 'yan jaridu
Majalisar Tarayyar Turai ta sha yin kira ga 'yancin 'yan jarida da yawaitar watsa labarai a cikin EU da kuma bayan haka.
A cikin Nuwamba 2021, Majalisar ta amince da wani ƙudiri kan ƙarfafa 'yancin kafofin watsa labaru da jam'i a cikin EU kuma ya kira sabbin ka'idoji na kare 'yan jarida daga yin shiru. MEPs sun yarda cewa sabon yanayin dijital ya tsananta matsalar yaduwar rashin fahimta.
A wani Rahoton da aka karɓa a cikin Maris 2022, Majalisa kwamiti na musamman kan tsoma bakin kasashen waje a cikin EU ya bukaci EU da ta samar da dabarun bai daya don fuskantar katsalandan daga kasashen waje da yakin neman zabe tare da yin kira da a kara tallafawa kafofin yada labarai masu zaman kansu, masu binciken gaskiya da masu bincike.
A ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2022 Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ta sanar da wani tsari don magance munanan ƙarar da ake yi wa 'yan jarida da masu fafutuka kuma ya yi niyyar gabatar da a Dokar 'Yancin Kafafen Yada Labarai ta Turai a cikin kaka.
Kwanan nan 'yan majalisar wakilai sun kuma yi tir da karuwar danniya da muryoyin da ake kai wa 'yan jarida a ciki Mexico, Poland da kuma Rasha.
A ranar 3 ga Mayu, 2022. Majalisar ta kaddamar da lambar yabo ta Daphne Caruana Galizia na aikin jarida bugu na biyu, don tunawa da ɗan jaridar Malta da aka kashe a harin bam a cikin 2017, don ba da kyauta ga fitaccen aikin jarida da ke nuna ƙimar EU. A watan Afrilu, ya sanar da wani sabon tsarin bayar da tallafin karatu da shirye-shiryen horar da matasa ‘yan jarida, ana sa ran farawa a karshen shekara.
'Yancin faɗar albarkacin baki, 'yancin kafofin watsa labaru da jam'i an tanadi su a cikin Yarjejeniya ta EU na Muhimman Haƙƙin, da kuma a cikin Yarjejeniyar Turai game da Hakkin Dan-Adam.
Kalubalen aikin jarida a Turai
Halin da ake ciki a yawancin ƙasashen EU yana da kyau, duk da haka a cikin a kuduri kan ‘yancin yada labarai a 2020 MEPs sun bayyana damuwa game da yanayin kafofin watsa labaru na jama'a a wasu kasashen EU, suna jaddada cewa 'yancin watsa labaru, jam'i, 'yancin kai da kuma kare lafiyar 'yan jarida sune muhimman abubuwan da ke cikin 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki da bayanai, kuma suna da mahimmanci ga aikin dimokiradiyya EU
Sai dai kuma an sha kai hare-hare kan 'yan jarida a fadin Tarayyar Turai. An harbe dan jaridar Girka George Karaivaz a Athens a watan Afrilun 2021 sannan an kashe dan jaridar Holland Peter R. de Vries a Amsterdam a watan Yulin 2021.
Yakin da ake yi a Ukraine ma ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar 'yan jarida. UN data daga farkon watan Mayu ya nuna cewa an kashe 'yan jarida bakwai tun bayan da Rasha ta mamaye Ukraine a watan Fabrairun 2022.
