A series of attacks and death threats towards journalists and broadcasters has stirred unrest amongst journalists in Europe’s youngest country
Kosovo: Violence, threats and impunity continue to plague the media
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Mapping Media Freedom: In review 10-17 November
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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. Here are five recent reports...
Rachael Jolley, editor of Index magazine, receives Editor of the Year award
Important year for freedom of expression coverage is being recognised in this BSME award, says Jolley.
Indian sociologist accused of murder in case she says is retaliation for her work
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two Indian social scientists are among 10 people charged with murder in Chhattisgarh, an Indian state wracked by an ongoing insurgency by Maoist rebels that the academics were actively studying. Neither Nandini...
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 28 October-9 November
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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. Here are five recent reports...
Exploring Ireland’s decline in media plurality
Concentrated media market gives business owners influence over the news
Tailor-made laws: The state of surveillance in Germany
What is worse: intelligence services gathering data without any legal basis or secret services operating within a legal framework that allows them to obtain vast amounts of personal information?
Index on Censorship’s youth board explores unpunished crimes against journalists
To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, members of Index on Censorship’s youth board prepared a video statement outlining a particular case of impunity
Belarus: Equal media access denied to opposition candidates during election
On 11 September, the people of Belarus elected the lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives. Speaking about the media environment surrounding the elections
Bahrain: Trial of Nabeel Rajab postponed until 15 December
The trial of prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab – president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – has been postponed for a fourth consecutive time