Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Ilcho Cvetanoski reports on journalist safety in the Balkans
Balkans: “Media has a significant role in the theatre of the absurd”
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
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.
Statement from Paul Roseby, artistic director of the National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre’s decision to commission Homegrown was born out of a proven track record of commissioning and producing work with young people, some as young as 14, that tackles challenging subjects and pushes artistic boundaries.
Statement from members of the cast of Homegrown
This statement is in response to an email sent by Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of The National Youth Theatre (NYT) to The Arts Council of England (ACE), in which our play, Homegrown, and its creative team were labelled as “extremist”. The...
Statement from the creative team behind Homegrown
The creative team behind Homegrown responds to the latest developments.
Award-winning Turkish journalist charged with ‘insulting’ Turkey’s President
Index condemns decision by Turkish prosecutors to charge Yavuz Baydar for “insulting” Turkish president
Turkey releases two Vice News journalists, must free third
The release of Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, who are British, is welcome news. However, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, an Iraqi colleague who had been acting as a translator and fixer, remains in detention.
Free expression groups welcome release of Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury
English PEN, PEN American Center, PEN International and Index on Censorship are relieved that VICE News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury have been released after six days in detention
Jodie Ginsberg: Terror laws are used to “stifle” media
The UK government should look to what is happening to free expression in Egypt and Turkey before broadening terrorist laws to include those who “spread hate”.
UK Foreign Office issues statement on arrests
Freedom of expression charities have written to UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond urging the UK to speak out publicly in defence of freedom of expression following the arrest of two British journalists in Turkey under terror legislation.