Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Miho Dobrašin explores the recent wave of legal measures and threats against journalists in Spain
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Azerbaijan: Index on Censorship calls for Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed
Index on Censorship calls for all Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed following the reduction in her jail sentence to a three-and-a-half-year suspended term
Azerbaijan: Journalist Khadija Ismayilova released from prison
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has been released from prison on probation in Azerbaijan after an international campaign to free her
Who is investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova?
One of Azerbaijan’s most celebrated journalists, Ismayilova’s investigative reports included, among other things, exposing Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses and the corruption involving the family of president Ilham Aliyev
Mapping Media Freedom: Two years of uncovering attacks on Europe’s press
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Mapping Media Freedom marks second year of monitoring censorship in Europe
Journalists have been murdered and burned in effigy. Reporters have been publicly discredited by government officials, prosecuted for under anti-terrorism laws
Hungary: Journalists resign from news website over central bank funding
In early April 2016, Hungarian news site vs.hu began publishing less than normal. On 25 April a dozen journalists, including editor-in-chief
UK government must ensure it protects free speech with new counter-extremism plans
The government’s planned Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill must be carefully crafted to avoid damaging freedom of expression.
Mapping Media Freedom: Week in focus
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European
Azerbaijan: Free prisoners before Baku Grand Prix race
The Formula One Group leadership should urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix