International organisations call on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mehman Huseynov.
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with conviction of prominent blogger
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
In the “safe” world of Swedish journalism, death threats are an everyday reality
A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics
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Independent journalist Jovo Martinovic’s arrest with 13 other individuals during a joint Croatian and Montenegrin police operation on 22 October 2015 began an ongoing ordeal
Azerbaijan: Journalists strive to cover the country from exile
For Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev and many other authoritarian leaders across the world, independent journalism and what it represents is bad news.
Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries.
Azerbaijan: Political prisoners hostages to fossil fuel extraction
International investment in fossil fuel extraction is making me and other Azerbaijani political prisoners hostages to the Aliyev regime.
Turkey: Bans on Kurdish arts festivals spark solidarity actions
Arts organisation Siyah Bant examines how emergency rule has affected artistic expression in Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey
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Dim hopes for 2017, but we’ll keep up the struggle for a free world
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Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe.