Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey‘s presidential election for the second time. His victory will mean he has a tighter hold of his country. What was the result of the election? With a high voter turnout of 87 per cent, Mr Erdogan hailed victory in...


Reporting on the Italian mafia is becoming more dangerous than ever before (New Statesman, 22 June 2018)
He had spoken about it before becoming Italy’s interior minister. Now, not even a month into the role, Matteo Salvini has threatened to remove the police protection for one of the country’s most famous journalists, Roberto Saviano. In an interview...
The war against rap: censoring drill may seem radical but it’s not new (The Guardian, 22 June 2018)
Rap crew 1011 need to tell the authorities when they have made new music. But can censoring artistic expression reduce youth violence? Read in full.

Bahrain court acquits leading opposition leader
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court acquitted the leader of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, of politically motivated charges related to espionage.
UK Drill Group 1011 Slapped With Police Ban On Creating Music (Complex, 20 June 2018)
West London rap group 1011 today find themselves subject to an unprecedented court order that now restricts them from creating music without obtaining allowance from police. With the group's various visuals and freestyles on several platforms...

Risks, rights and reputations: challenging a risk averse culture
This vital half-day training for CEOs and chairs of trustees supports arts and cultural organisations to handle difficult subjects and sensitive stories to deliver the best work possible

Risks, rights and reputations: challenging a risk averse culture
This vital half-day training for CEOs and chairs of trustees supports arts and cultural organisations to handle difficult subjects and sensitive stories to deliver the best work possible

An open letter for the attention of the future President of the Republic of Turkey
Seventeen international freedom of expression and professional organisations have sent a joint letter with their demands for how to protect and strengthen media freedom and independent journalism in Turkey to all candidates in the upcoming presidential elections

Political speech is not a crime: Urgent appeal to stop the trial of opposition society leader Sheikh Ali Salman
NGOs call on Bahraini authorities to drop all charges and ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Bahrain’s largest political opposition society, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
English drill group banned from making music without police permission (The Industry Observer, 19 June 2018)
Just weeks after it was announced that YouTube had begun taking down videos that the UK police deemed to be “violent”, one musical group have been told they’re unable to make music without express permission from law enforcement officials. Last...
Drill music videos to be banned to stop rising crime (News, 19 June 2018)
The music videos often feature gangs, weapons, violence and threats of revenge attacks — and now the artists have been banned from even making them. The unprecedented move against west London “drill” group 1011 comes as the United Kingdom deals...
Courts And Police Accused Of ‘Censorship’ As Drill Music Group Faces Ban (Huffington Post, 18 June 2018)
A human rights group has criticised a landmark court decision banning a drill group from making music with violent lyrics, claiming the focus on the genre “highlights the danger that racial bias infects the criminal justice system”. Read in full.