Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli discusses his detention at Baku’s airport
Azerbaijan: Persecuted writer Akram Aylisli faces charges of “hooliganism”
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Peter Kellner: Which human rights matter most?
Peter Kellner is president of YouGov and a contributor to Index on Censorship magazine. Kellner discusses the results of a YouGov survey about rights across seven European democracies and the United States.
Greece: Move to regulate broadcast market draws objection
As the Greek government prepares to open a public consultation on the tender for new broadcast licenses, the country’s private TV owners have escalated their criticisms of the plans for the broadcast market.
Mapping Media Freedom: Week in focus
Each week, Mapping Media Freedom project verifies violations against the media. Here are five reports that give us cause for concern
Turkey: Media freedom in crisis
The increasingly autocratic government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, has clamped down on press freedom and opposing political viewpoints
World Poetry Day: Seamus Heaney’s love of language
It’s the 17th annual World Poetry Day, which was first declared by Unesco in 1999 to help meet the world’s aesthetic needs by promoting the reading and writing of poetry
Music in Exile: recent cases of censorship
It’s hard for many of us to imagine, but all around the world, people are being intimidated out of playing music
From nudity to “a political tsunami”: artistic freedom debated in Greece
“My job is to make good art,” said Belgian artist Kris Verdonck. “I have no interest in being deliberately offensive or provocative.”
Doğu Ergil: Turkey, the humanitarian crisis and erratic responses
What truly scares Europe in terms a massive influx of “others” who can neither be assimilated nor accommodated is not sufficiently evaluated in Turkey.
Turkey: A long line of press freedom violations
Turkey’s government and courts have demonstrated their unwillingness to adhere to basic values on press freedom and media pluralism