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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Trolls and insults: Azerbaijan’s exiled media increasingly under fire
After the total capture of the media environment inside the country, the government of Ilham Aliyev has turned its attention to silencing critics in exile.
Russia: As space for independent media shrinks, journalists find themselves under increasing threats of physical violence
This report looks at 175 incidents that Index on Censorship’s Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project classified as threats, limitations or violations of press freedom in Russia between 1 February 2019 and 30 April 2019.
Turkish journalists facing unprecedented surge of physical assaults
In Turkey, the government uses national security and terror legislation to censor journalists. Arrests, detentions and trials of media workers are frequent.
Turkey: “Trial is in itself an act of intimidation”
Human rights and freedom of expression organisations have condemned a judicial ruling made by a Turkish court in the second hearing of the Gezi Park trial.
In Ukraine, violence is the tool of choice against journalists
This report looks at physical assaults that Index on Censorship’s Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project classified as threats, limitations or violations of press freedom in Ukraine between 1 February 2019 and 30 June 2019.
Turkish think-tank report escalates harassment of journalists
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 18 other human rights and freedom of expression organisations condemn a Turkish pro-government think-tank’s report that accuses leading international media of being biased against the government and singles out their correspondents for attack.
Russia: Press freedom violations June 2019
There were 32 incidents in Russia in June 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Project Exile: Reporter escaped Russia after beating, burns
Fatima Tlisova didn’t make it easy for the Russian government to get rid of her. As a reporter covering Russia’s fight against Chechen separatists in what was known as the Second Chechen war in the early 2000s, she was kidnapped, beaten and had her fingertips burned with cigarettes by Russian security forces.
Ukraine: Press freedom violations June 2019
There were 6 incidents in Ukraine in June 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.