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Russia’s targeting of NGOs ensnares journalist associations
Most of the Russian NGOs defending freedom of the press are blacklisted as “foreign agents”, while facing excessive pressure for non-compliance, writes Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Andrey Kalikh
Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink on her recent deportation from Turkey
The top of Frederike Geerdink’s blog, Kurdish Matters, still reads: ‘The only foreign journalist based in Diyarbakir’. The Dutch reporter was the only foreign journalist in Turkish Kurdistan until 9 September 2015 when she was deported from the country
Index and Mali film producers launch new fund to support persecuted musicians
Index is joining forces with the producers of a new film featuring Mali’s persecuted musicians to launch a fund that will offer support to musicians facing threats, violence, exile and criminal prosecution around the world.
Malaysia: Dismissal of Sedition Act challenge a blow to free expression
Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
Index Awards: El Haqed still has a bad rap with the Moroccan authorities
Moroccan authorities have repeatedly prevented Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat from performing in the country. So yet again, he turns to Europe
Freelance journalists in Belarus face fines for working with foreign media
In Belarus, dozens of freelance journalists were fined between 2014 and 2015 for working for foreign media without an accreditation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Interview: Johanna Schwartz on her new film about the bravery of Malian musicians
Filmmaker Johanna Schwartz talks to Josie Timms about her new film, They Will Have To Kill Us First, which looks at how musicians in Mali fought back against extremists banning their profession
Estonia shows further lack of concern for freedom of information
On 19 September, the Estonian Minister of Education, Jürgen Ligi, accused the Estonian Public Broadcaster’s new Russian-language TV of disclosing
Youth Advisory Board urges Bangladeshi government to help bloggers
Secular bloggers in Bangladesh are fearing for their lives as four fellow bloggers were killed by machete-wielding extremists in the country earlier