Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the Europe
CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Turkey’s film festivals face a narrowing space for expression
The Siyah Bant initiative, which carries out research on censorship of the arts in Turkey, has given much coverage to obstacles to freedom of expression in the cinematic field
Poetic Pilgrimage: Hip hop has the capacity to “galvanise the masses”
Their love of music brought them together but it was their spirituality and a feeling of seeking that prompted them to convert to Islam
Azadliq: “We are working under the dual threat of government harassment and financial insecurity”
On 14 June, Qasid, an Azerbaijan’s state-owned media distributor warned that it will shut down the 2014 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning newspaper Azadliq
How dangerous is it to be a journalist in Ireland 20 years after the murder of Veronica Guerin?
This weekend marks 20 years since the murder of Irish award-winning crime reporter and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 16-23 June
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries.
Yavuz Baydar: A noble profession has turned into a curse
Journalism has, without the slightest doubt, become the most risky, and endangered, profession in Turkey.
Belarus Free Theatre: “Dictators are scared of a strong mutual position”
Belarus Free Theatre have been using their creative and subversive art to protest the dictatorial rule of Aleksandr Lukashenko for over a decade.
Turkey arrests journalists who showed support for press freedom
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate and unconditional release of journalists Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin, who were arrested by Turkish authorities on 20 June.
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 2-16 June
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union