Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Mapping Media Freedom: Russian newspaper editor shot and killed
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Index condemns the killing of Russian journalist Dmitri Popkov
Russian journalist Dmitri Popkov was killed in his backyard in the late evening of 24 May after being shot five times by an unidentified perpetrator
Azerbaijan: Time for justice for Ilgar Mammadov
Today three years have passed since the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment on the case of political prisoner Ilgar Mammadov
Mapping Media Freedom: Turkish editor arrested on terror propaganda charges
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Turkey: UN should address continuous deterioration of free expression and other human rights
Following the coup attempt on 15 July 2016, the Turkish authorities have pursued an unprecedented crackdown against perceived critics and opponents
Petition calls on Denmark to repeal blasphemy ban
An international group of academics, writers and activists have signed a petition calling on Denmark to repeal its ban against blasphemy.
Mapping Media Freedom: Journalists barred from covering Theresa May event
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Turkey: After nine months in detention, Altans face court on 19 June
Nine months. That’s how long brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan have been in pre-trail detention in Turkey. Prosecutors are demanding multiple life sentences for the brothers, who will face their first day in court on 19 June.
#FreeTurkeyMedia: “Solidarity is the most important thing we can give them”
On World Press Freedom Day protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in London to highlight the arrest and imprisonment of journalists in Turkey
The story of a strange (un)release from prison
Dr. Sunay Usluer, the wife of a journalist imprisoned in Turkey, shares her account of the anxious hours waiting for the release that never came.