Over a year on from its launch, the anti-immigrant PEGIDA movement isn’t just attacking refugees, but also assaulting and intimidating the German press
Germany’s far right waged a violent campaign against journalists in 2015
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Catherine Stupp
Catherine Stupp
Catherine Stupp is a journalist based in Berlin and an EU regional correspondent for Mapping Media Freedom.
Germany: Authorities leave bitter aftertaste in Netzpolitik treason case
Over a month after the Berlin-based blog Netzpolitik.org was charged with treason for publishing leaked government documents, details are trickling out about the extent German authorities went to in order to build a case against the journalists running the website.
Turkey: Owner of online dictionary site questioned over Prophet Mohammed post
Çağatay Gürtürk, owner of the collaborative dictionary website ITÜ Sözlük, was detained while trying to enter Turkey on the night of January 14.
Turkey: Government detains journalists
On Sunday, December 14, at least 27 people were detained by Turkish police, including journalists, producers and directors of TV shows and police officers. Arrest warrants were issued for at least 31.
Turkey: Erdogan tightens the digital screws on free expression
Turkey’s new internet restrictions — rushed through in early September — spell trouble for the country’s press. Catherine Stupp reports.
Germany: Vandals lash out against local newspaper for reporting on right-wing extremists
On the night of September 4-5, the daily newspaper Lausitzer Rundschau became victim to a crime by now familiar to its employees. Catherine Stupp reports.
Assaults against journalists rise in Turkey
Since the beginning of this year, cases of assault against journalists, legal threats and lay offs worsened Turkey’s already precarious state of press freedom. Catherine Stupp reports
Germany: Are online user comments protected by press freedom laws?
A local newspaper in the western German city of Darmstadt is at the centre of a legal case that will measure whether readers’ comments are protected by Germany’s press freedom laws. Catherine Stupp reports
Press freedom in Turkey is challenged by opaque court rulings
Last Thursday, after nearly eight years of detention three journalists were among a group released from a prison near Istanbul. Catherine Stupp reports
Erdogan’s threat to shut down social media is warning for media freedom in Turkey
The Turkish government continues to threaten internet freedom, placing added pressure on social media platforms, writes Catherine Stupp
Unclear internet law spells uncertain future for free expression in Turkey
The specifics regarding website censorship and data gathering in the recently approved amendments to Turkey’s controversial internet law remain murky, writes Catherine Stupp
Turkey’s internet law following nebulous drafting process
Some freedom of speech activists insist that the most effective resistance to censorship will be promoting internet security, writes Catherine Stupp