While touring Wales recently with my new play Enough Is Enough, I thought about what I experienced with my earlier work in Turkey. But which Turkey?
CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Daniel Gascón: The joke is on Cassandra Vera
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Russia: Journalists detained during anti-corruption protests
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Russian and international journalists who were covering anti-corruption protests that took place across Russia on...
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Azerbaijan’s independent and critical journalists frequently find themselves targeted.
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Belarus: Civic solidarity movement condemns mass detentions and police violence
Index on Censorship joins with the Civic Solidarity Platform to condemn Belarus’ crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Belarus: Crackdown sweeping journalists and human rights defenders into detention
Hundreds of protests were detained during a weekend of anti-government protests in Belarus.
Memnune Mayda: “Our only child is definitely not a traitor”
The mother of Özkan Mayda, a Turkish photojournalist for the Zaman daily, shares her son’s story.