Europe and Central Asia Archives - Page 103 of 595

Mapping Media Freedom: Week in focus

by Ryan McChrystal | 4 Mar 2016

Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media

Turkey silences independent broadcaster

by Index on Censorship | 2 Mar 2016

Index on Censorship condemns Türksat’s decision to drop independent broadcaster IMC TV’s signal.

Turkey: War on journalists rages on

by Ryan McChrystal | 1 Mar 2016

The ongoing deterioration in Turkey’s press freedom has been well documented by Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project since its launch

Pirate radio playlist

by Patrick McKenna | 29 Feb 2016

One of the UK’s most interesting historical legacies in music does not involve the actual bands that made up the British Invasion, but rather the people who played these band’s records illegally.

Turkey: Court rules journalists’ rights were violated

by Index on Censorship | 25 Feb 2016

Index on Censorship welcomes the release of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. The charges against them must be dropped.

The Netherlands: Journalists barred from public asylum debates

by Mitra Nazar | 25 Feb 2016

Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Mitra Nazar explores the trend toward barring journalists from public debates about housing asylum seekers

Poland: Challenging official history of the Holocaust could see you branded a “traitor”

by Ryan McChrystal | 24 Feb 2016

In Poland today, history and discussion appears to be an inconvenience for the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is introducing legislation to punish the use of the term “Polish death camps”.