Volha Siakhovich outlines how Belarusian authorities are using anti-extremism legislation to silence journalists and human rights workers
Belarus’ counter-extremism laws used to restrict free expression
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
“Fear peninsula”: How Russia closed down media freedom in Crimea
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Tetiana Pechonchyk outlines the ways Russia has curtailed press freedom in Crimea
Azerbaijan: Anniversary of journalist’s arrest highlights unprecedented repression in 2015
Award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova was detained on 5 December 2014.
Was the #BrusselsLockdown just the latest in a series of Belgian media violations?
Following the murderous barbarism in France last month, a state of alert was subsequently declared in Belgium amid concerns that a “Paris-style” attack
Dunja Mijatović: Propaganda is ugly scar on face of modern journalism
The antidote to propaganda must be a resilient and free media environment
President Erdogan: Free Cumhuriyet’s editors and all other detained journalists
Media freedom NGOs and unions, reject the blatant erosion of media freedom in Turkey.
Poland: Worrying implications of defamation through the criminal code
When investigative journalist Jaroslaw Jakimczyk requested information from Qumak S.A., the technology company did something rather unexpected
Turkey: Index condemns killing of lawyer during press conference
Index on Censorship condemns the killing of Turkish human rights lawyer Tahir Elci, who was shot during a press conference on Saturday.
Azerbaijan: Human rights lawyer spends second birthday in prison
Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to release human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev
France’s state of emergency poses threat to press freedom
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