Index on Censorship supports the “I am a journalist” campaign launched by journalists and media freedom advocates from Turkey.
Standing in solidarity with Turkey’s journalists
read more
CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Can Dündar: Turkey is “the biggest prison for journalists in the world”
Turkish journalist, author and filmmaker Can Dündar spoke at the House of Commons last week about the state of politics and media freedom in Turkey
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 30 June-7 July
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Serbia: Journalists protest “government control” of public broadcaster
Journalists and citizens in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad are taking the streets after a wave of dismissals at the regional broadcaster Radio Television Vojvodina
14 July: The role of investigative journalism and a free media in fighting corruption
How can we protect a free media and space for civil society? What are the growing restrictions facing journalists? How can investigative journalism fight corruption?
Journalists attacked by police and protesters during French labour reform bill demonstrations
In almost four months covering protests against France’s labour reform bill, a number of journalists in the country have faced intimidation, detention and injury
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 24-29 June
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the Europe
Turkey’s film festivals face a narrowing space for expression
The Siyah Bant initiative, which carries out research on censorship of the arts in Turkey, has given much coverage to obstacles to freedom of expression in the cinematic field
Poetic Pilgrimage: Hip hop has the capacity to “galvanise the masses”
Their love of music brought them together but it was their spirituality and a feeling of seeking that prompted them to convert to Islam
Azadliq: “We are working under the dual threat of government harassment and financial insecurity”
On 14 June, Qasid, an Azerbaijan’s state-owned media distributor warned that it will shut down the 2014 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning newspaper Azadliq