Ireland’s richest media mogul, owner of the country’s largest newspaper group, had a satire malfunction last week when his solicitors, Meaghers, pursued up-and-coming satirical website Waterford Whispers.
The creative team behind the cancelled National Youth Theatre production Homegrown said they are “deeply shocked.”
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan’s civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
Index on Censorship condemns the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev
Leyla Yunus, who is currently on trial on spurious charges, warns that Azerbaijan’s government is targeting her and her husband, Arif, to instill fear in the country’s citizens.
The investigation against Netzpolitik.org for treason and their unknown sources is an attack against the free press.
Prosecutors in the case against Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus have asked the court to sentence the couple to 11 and 9 years respectively
The Sport for Rights Coalition calls on the international community to immediately and publicly condemn the government of Azerbaijan’s actions and take concrete steps to support Azerbaijani civil society.
Host Al Murray was joined by a stellar line-up of stand-up comics before a sell-out crowd of 900
Index calls on Azerbaijan’s government to drop all charges against investigative journalist who has been in detention since December 2014