Today the bulk of the media in the Balkans has “been bought by people with no history in, or understanding of, the media business; they promote narrow interests of their
Reporting rights? Media freedom in the Balkans since the wars
read more
Milana Knezevic
Milana Knezevic
Milana Knezevic is the Assistant Editor, Online and News of Index on Censorship
“He is denied his right to an identity”: why a Moroccan satirist is on hunger strike
Ali Lmrabet is protesting what he sees as the latest bid from his country Morocco to stop him from doing his job
Azerbaijan: Married political prisoners kept apart for 11 months, reunited in court
Leyla and Arif Yunus have been detained for almost a year on what is widely recognised as politically motived charges
Azerbaijan: Independent newspaper Azadliq faces imminent closure
The Index award-winning paper is widely recognised as one of the last remaining independent news outlets operating inside the country
13 governments that are definitely not jailing people over free speech
Just look at these definitely-not-free-speech-related charges journalists and activists and human rights lawyers and pro democracy campaigners face
Ten times the Azerbaijani president told us how much he loves press freedom
Don’t be fooled by the fact that journalists in Azerbaijan have been jailed, beaten, killed, and forced into hiding and exile, and their foreign colleagues banned from entering the country: Ilham Aliyev is all about media freedom
Amnesty, Platform banned from entering Azerbaijan on the eve of European Games
Both organisations have been highly critical of President Ilham Aliyev’s government, and its targeting, jailing and prosecution of activists and journalists
Baku 2015: The foreign manpower behind Azerbaijan’s games
Despite the ongoing government crackdown on investigative journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, foreign manpower has played a significant role in making Baku 2015 a reality
Azerbaijan: Appeal from jailed journalist Khadija Ismayilova postponed indefinitely
Ismayilova, one of Azerbaijan’s most celebrated investigative journalists, today had her appeal over a criminal libel conviction postponed indefinitely
Angola: Trial of investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais postponed
The journalist, who exposed corruption and serious human rights violations connected to the diamond trade in Angola, is due in court again on 14 May
Azerbaijan: Six-year jail sentence for human rights activist
Rasul Jafarov, one of Azerbaijan’s most well-known government critics, has been sentenced on charges believed to be linked to his campaigning work
Azerbaijan: Protest as Baku prepares for European Games
Azerbaijanis protested the poor state of human rights in their country with 87 days to go until the inaugural European Games