11 June: Focus on Azerbaijan – Silenced Voices
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Armenian author facing jail for army criticism in fiction
As Armenia prepares to celebrate its status as UNESCO World Book Capital, one young author has found himself in hot water after a penning a literary work which references the conditions faced by the country’s mainly conscript army. Threatened with...
Arrests at Pussy Riot rally
A Moscow court has pronolonged the detention of three members of punk feminist group Pussy Riot detention until the end of June. The three alleged Pussy Riot Members are being prosecuted after performing a protest song "Mother of God, send Putin...
Arrests at Pussy Riot rally
A Moscow court has pronolonged the detention of three members of punk feminist group Pussy Riotdetention until the end of June. The three alleged Pussy Riot Members are being prosecuted after performing a protest song "Mother of God, send Putin...
Azerbaijan must investigate attack on Index award winning journalist
Index on Censorship joins the call for an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the brutal attack on investigative journalist and Index award winner Idrak Abbasov IPGA Letter to President Aliyev on Idrak Abbasov
Sannikov and Bandarenka released, but Belarus is still not free
The release of Sannikov and Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free, says Andrei Aliaksandrau
Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov released from Belarus penal colony
EU parliament votes to monitor internet censorship and create rights tzar
The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a human rights resolution which calls for new rules to monitor internet censorship under autocratic regimes yesterday. The report's author Labour MEP Richard Howit recommended an export ban...
Germany: Journalists threatened by Salafist group
A radical Muslim group released a video threatening a number of German journalists last week. The Salafist group named journalists from newspapers Frankfurter Rundschau and Tagesspiegel in the video uploaded to YouTube on Thursday (12 April). The...
Azerbaijan: Index award-winning journalist Idrak Abbasov brutally beaten
Azerbaijani journalist and Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally assaulted today and remains in hospital.
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Thousands march against election fraud in Astrakhan
The capital of Russian opposition moved from Moscow to the southern city of Astrakhan last week. More than 5,000 people came out in support of ex-mayoral candidate Oleg Shein, who has been on hunger strike for over a month in protest against...