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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Letter: “The need for serious reforms…is as urgent as ever”
In a letter, writer Akram Aylisli writer asked the president of Azerbaijan to intervene and remove the criminal case against him.
Azerbaijan: Akram Aylisli faces further charges after sending letter to president
The case against Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli, who previously faced charges of hooliganism after being detained at Baku Haydar Aliyev International Airport on 30 March
Azerbaijan: Harassment of Meydan TV must stop
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the launch of a criminal investigation into online media outlet Meydan TV.
Poland: Scholar questioned over claim Poles killed more Jews than they did Germans during World War II
A Polish prosecutor has interrogated Jan Gross, a Polish-American professor of history at Princeton University
Azerbaijan: Coalition of NGOs intervene before European Court for imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
PEN International and Privacy International led 14 free expression and media freedom organisations, including Index on Censorship, in submitting an intervention today in the case of Azerbaijani journalist, Khadija Ismayilova before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Azerbaijan: open letters to Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias, and Chris Brown
We are writing to you as members of the Sport for Rights campaign, which has been working to raise human rights violations in Azerbaijan in the run-up to the Formula One European Grand Prix
“No one – and especially heads of state – has a right not to be offended”
Index deplores the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to authorise the prosecution of a German comedian for offending the President of Turkey.
Croatia: Controversial TV show prompts dispute in national media
Walking around the Zagreb offices of the Electronic Media Council (AEM), Croatia’s broadcast regulator, must have had a distinctive feel to it on 26 January. According to Croatian media, outside the building stood about 5,000 demonstrators singing...
Worst countries for restrictions on religious freedom
Some of the worst countries for religious freedom are Burma, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Eritrea, Iran