Journalists who dare to investigate powerful people or companies are facing increasingly expensive legal threats to stop them publishing
CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Council of Europe must ensure justice for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Index on Censorship joined a letter calling for PACE to appoint a Special Rapporteur to monitor the investigation into the murder of a Maltese journalist.
Chechnya: Immediately release human rights defender Oyub Titiev
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), are deeply concerned at reports of the arrest of Oyub Titiev, head of Human Rights Center...
Russia: How one radio station became a target of pressure, threats and extreme violence
In 2017 Mapping Media Freedom, Index on Censorship’s project for monitoring media violations throughout Europe, registered 15 reports relating to Echo Moskvy.
Tracey Bagshaw: Is compromise compromising news?
Commercial interference pressures on the UK’s regional papers are growing. Some worry that jeopardises their independence.
Preventing protest coverage: How Belarus controls what the public knows
“Europe’s last dictatorship” doesn’t tolerate dissent. The country’s constitution claims to protect freedom of the press, but many laws seem to contradict this.
Croatia: Journalists targeted after reporting on sentences imposed on “war criminals”
Several journalists and news outlets from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina faced death threats following their coverage a war crimes trial
Serbian journalists campaign for free media
After more than twenty years of investigative reporting, one of the most trusted weeklies in Serbia, Vranjske Novine, was forced to shut down.
Kurdish reporter sentenced to more than 8 years
Kurdish reporter Nedim Türfent has been sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of “membership of a terrorist organisation.”
Jean-Paul Marthoz: Commercial interference in the European media
Jean-Paul Marthoz explores how commercial interference can impact journalism in Europe.