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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan moves to post-election crackdown
Police raids offices of independent watchdog that reported on irregularities surrounding the recent Azerbaijani election
What does state press control look like?
In light of the UK’s Royal Charter on newspaper regulation, we look at 10 countries where the government has a hand in controlling the press
Belarus: Cultural censorship as state policy
Keeping tight control over every sphere of social life is the general policy of the Belarusian authorities. This is true not only about politics, economy or media; arts and culture face censorship as well. Zmitser Yanenka reports from Belarus
Information agency to be closed down in Russia
A Russian court pulled the license of Rosbalt Information Agency after warnings over the use of “obscene” videos in its reports, Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
1643: The last time the press was state regulated
The press was last state licensed in 1643. But what others laws affected British citizens at the time?
Index petition delivered via hard copy
Index decided it would be best to deliver our #DontSpyOnMe petition to EU leaders the old fashioned way…
Djukanovic’s double dealing on the media
Montenegro’s EU membership negotiations progress against a backdrop of ever regressing media freedom, writes Zeljko Ivanovic
Surveillance critic barred from US
Author Ilija Trojanow, a driving force behind an anti-surveillance campaign, was travelling to the US for a conference on German literature. That was his plan, anyway. At an airport in Brazil, he was told his entry to the US had been denied. No explanation was provided then, and none has been provided since, Milana Knezevic writes
Sarah Brown meets Index on Censorship competition winner
Sarah Brown met the winner of the Index on Censorship blogging competition, Charley-Kai John, when she spoke at the launch of the autumn issue of the magazine.