Journalists failed by Turkish justice, a Nobel nomination, and France’s “anti-thug” law
February in Europe and Central Asia: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Mobs target journalists and Turkey hands jail sentences to 28 academics
January in Europe and Central Asia: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Support for Mehman Huseynov: Protests on the streets, in the prisons and from European institutions
IFEX members have been among those calling for the charges against Huseynov to be dropped and for him to be unconditionally released.
IFEX member Mehman Huseynov begins hunger strike in protest at new charges
Azerbaijani IFEX member and long-time critic of President Aliyev’s regime, Mehman Huseynov, faces dubious assault charges just two months before he is due to be released from jail.
7,000 social media users taken into custody in Turkey in 2018, an IFEX member on hunger strike and the Yellow Vests
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Dawit Isaak and the failure of silent diplomacy: In conversation with Björn Tunbäck
Björn Tunbäck of Reporters Without Borders (Sweden) and Swedish PEN has been involved in the campaign for journalist Dawit Isak’s release from the start. He told Cathal Sheerin about the campaign in Sweden and what states and intergovernmental organisations could be doing, but aren’t.
65% of Turks fear sharing political views online, France bans ‘fake’ news, Ukraine imposes martial law
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Nudes, blasphemy and a hunger strike
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
The purple bra, the mad printer and the dictator’s honour
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Daphne’s birthday, a reporter found dead and the menstruation activists
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Europe: Murder in Nizhny Novgorod – and has Turkey’s state of emergency really ended?
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Is the censorship machine coming? Plus good LGBTQI+ news in Poland
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Video: Mass arrests carried out to pre-empt protest in Kazakhstan
On 23 June at least eight journalists were targeted and detained in a round of mass arrests ahead of a planned protest in the city of Almaty. This disturbing video shows people being grabbed off the streets by uniformed, often balaclava-wearing security agents.
Resistance and defiance: Free expression in Europe and Central Asia in May
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
A baby behind bars, autocrats re-elected and Malta in the spotlight of shame: Europe and Central Asia in April
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.
Mass jailings and parallels in impunity: Europe and Central Asia in March
A roundup of key free expression news in Europe and Central Asia, based on IFEX member reports.