What happened last Friday was unprecedented. Four days before the third major press conference of François Hollande’s presidency, the French version of celebrity magazine Closer alleged that the president was having an affair. Valeria Costa-Kostritsky reports
In response to the Arab Spring, the EU shifted the focus of its neighbourhood policy from economic development towards human rights.
Collectively, the European Union of 28 member states has an important role to play in the promotion of freedom of expression in the world.
The EU has made a number of positive contributions to digital freedom, but it must do more.
The book by the political prisoner could “damage the image” of the country according to authorities. Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
The British government’s plans to jail people the courts judge to be persistently ‘annoying’ has been defeated in the Lords – but remains a serious threat to freedom of speech in the UK, Alex Stevenson writes
The main threats to media freedom and the work of journalists are from political pressure or pressure exerted by the police, to non-legal means, such as violence and impunity.
It’s important to look ugly arguments in the eye, says Padraig Reidy
Media plurality in the EU is an essential part of guaranteeing the media is able to perform its watchdog function. Without a plurality of opinions, the analysis of political arguments in democracies can be limited.
“What happened in Turkey during the last ten years?” Ece Temelkuran explores the causes of the country’s last decade