If arguments that counter our own prove more popular, it’s not because ours may need rethinking — no, it is because the world is biased against us
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Hungary: Court legalises publishing unaltered photographs of police
Photographs revealing the identity of police officers can now legally be published in Hungary. A recent ruling of the Hungarian Constitutional Court...
Is press censorship in Serbia “worse than the 1990s”?
Six months after Aleksandar Vucic came to power, there are worrying signs that freedom of the media is deteriorating, Milana Knezevic writes
Hungary: Rapper and NGOs targeted by state crackdown
Hungarians working with “foreign intelligence” have been labelled “traitors” by the deputy prime minister. The comment follows a spate of cases of government censorship and intimidation over the past year. Aimee Hamilton reports
Open journalism: “The media landscape has changed irreversibly”
Index on Censorship reports back from the second Open Journalism expert panel, held in Vienna by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Azerbaijan: Rasul Jafarov appeal
This is the appeal of Azerbaijani political prisoner, Rasul Jafarov. It was sent to Index on Censorship by his brother, Sanan Jafarov. Jafarov has...
Azerbaijan: Lawyers denied access to Leyla Yunus
Disregarding the motion by European Parliament earlier this week, Azerbaijan has failed to release political prisoners Leyla and Arif Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Hasan Huseynli.
Julia Farrington: The Barbican, Exhibit B and “progress zero”
Index on Censorship’s associate arts producer explores the issues around the Barbican’s presentation of Exhibit B, a work by Brett Bailey.
Turkey: Erdogan tightens the digital screws on free expression
Turkey’s new internet restrictions — rushed through in early September — spell trouble for the country’s press. Catherine Stupp reports.
Greece: A tougher climate for press freedom
Index on Censorship spoke with Marilena Katsimi about how censorship is exercised in Greece, and to what extent journalists are allowed to report on social struggles in the country. Christos Syllas reports