Vasile Luca, a veteran journalist working at Radio Cluj, a Romanian public radio station based in Cluj-Napoca, was fired in May 2015 as a result of a disciplinary committee hearing.
Romania: Radio station dismisses veteran journalist
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Dunja Mijatović: Online threats of killing, rape and violence everyday reality for too many female journalists
No job comes without sacrifices, but how many downgrading comments, criticism or even threats can one person take before it becomes too much?
27 Aug: Protest to support jailed Bahraini blogger and academic
Join us to mark the 160th day of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace’s hunger strike
Lejla Becar: The bulk-banning of bands in Bosnia
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Lejla Becar discusses the banning of music in Bosnia
Lawsuit takes French media to task for Charlie Hebdo reporting
A man who hid from the Charlie Hebdo attackers has filed a lawsuit against French media for their reporting.
Anastasia Vladimirova: A ruthless crackdown on independent media
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Anastasia Vladimirova explains why she thinks Russia’s NGO law curtails independent media
Ravian Ruys: Without trust, free speech suffers
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Ravian Ruys explores the impact of eroding public trust is having on free expression in The Netherlands
Jade Jackman: An act against knowledge and thought
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Jade Jackman explains why she thinks counter-terrorism legislation is a threat to academic freedom
Tom Carter: No-platforming Nigel
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Tom Carter explains why he thinks no-platforming undermines free expression
Matthew Brown: Spying on NGOs a step too far
Index youth advisory board member Matthew Brown explores why he thinks mass surveillance has gone too far.
Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders
Index on Censorship joins rights groups in condemning the conviction and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus.
Padraig Reidy: “Denis O’Brien to sue everyone”
Ireland’s richest media mogul, owner of the country’s largest newspaper group, had a satire malfunction last week when his solicitors, Meaghers, pursued up-and-coming satirical website Waterford Whispers.
