November 1st, 2012
Investigative journalist
Kostas Vaxevanis, whose Hot Doc magazine published a leaked list (nicknamed the “Lagarde list”) of over 2,000 names of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts, has been acquitted of breaking data privacy laws. In a video uploaded the night before his arrest earlier this week, Vaxevanis said: “They are after me instead of the truth.” His arrest drew widespread condemnation from rights groups and international media.
October 31st, 2012
The arrest of editor Kostas Vaxevanis for exposing alleged tax cheats is just the latest attack on free speech in Greece. Democracy itself is now in danger, say Asteris Masouras and Veroniki Krikoni (more…)
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Tags: Tags: Asteris Masouras, censorship, defamation, Downton Abbey, Europe, Golden Dawn, Greece, Kostas Vaxevanis, Lagarde list, press freedom,
October 14th, 2012
In the age of social media, the European Union needs to defend free expression. But it often falls far short, says Padraig Reidy
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September 18th, 2012
The EU might be able to help Belarus democratise, but it can’t solve its problems for them. Andrei Yahorau and Alena Zuikova examine a nuanced relationship
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April 20th, 2012
The release of Andrei Sannikov and Dzmitry Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free
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Tags: Tags: Aleksandr Lukashenko, Andrei Aliaksandrau, Andrei Sannikov, Belarus, Dzmitry Bandarenka, elections, Europe, Free Belarus Now, freedom of expression, political prisoners,
December 1st, 2011
The International Partnership Group of freedom of expression organisations visited Macedonia last month to assess the state of media freedom in the country. Mike Harris reports on the findings
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May 23rd, 2011
As Belarus’s Central Bank devalues the ruble, the European Union has expanded sanctions and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) invokes human rights mechanism. Mike Harris reports
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