Between 2013 and 2015, 10 Bulgarian municipalities spent $1.54 million on positive coverage of their activities
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Can Dündar: “We have your wife. Come back or she’s gone”
I had not imagined that a state could become no better than a criminal syndicate. But the Turkish state has become one.
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 2-8 September
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Richard Neville, co-founder of Oz magazine, dies aged 74
Richard Neville, who co-founded the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz, has died. The satirical magazine poked fun at socially-conservative Austrailia and tackled taboo subjects
Bahrain delays court date for human rights campaigner for third time
On Monday, 5 September a Bahraini court delayed the trial of Index award-winning human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab.
Kaya Genç: “This is your future … if your generation does not fight for it, it will be a disastrous one”
In his new book, Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey, Index on Censorship magazine contributing editor Kaya Genç explores the country’s struggles through the eyes of Gezi Park protesters, pro-government conservatives, artists, censored journalists and more.
Groups urge Bahrain to release prominent human rights defender
Index on Censorship joins international call for release of Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain: Protesters celebrate Nabeel Rajab’s birthday and call for his release
Human rights organisations gathered at the Bahrain Embassy in London to support one of the Middle East’s most prominent human rights defenders
Turkey: Losing the rule of law
“When I understood that I was to be detained by a directive given from the top, my fear vanished,” novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan told the daily Cumhuriyet
Who is Nabeel Rajab?
Nabeel Rajab, just like you, thinks his country could be better. And he has made those views public. He speaks out against poor prison conditions, and argues for more freedom of speech in Bahrain.
Conflict with Russia prompts media restrictions in Ukraine
The armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the occupation of Crimea and Russian support for separatists in Donbas have lead to a large-scale media war, Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Tetiana Pechonchyk writes.
Russia’s media environment difficult for journalists
The conflict over Crimea and the fighting in eastern Ukraine has resulted in a media war, which has left both Russian and Ukrainian journalists struggling to report accurately on the situation.
