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Demonstrators raise their chained hands during a protest over the arrest of journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul in Ankara, Turkey, 27 November 2015, REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RSF launches international appeal for release of ​Cumhuriyet journalists

“The judicial system seems to prosecute journalists more often than the accomplices of Daesh (Islamic State). Turkey is a great country, with democratic institutions and a very open civil society. We appeal to the government, as a matter of honour, to restore all the conditions of pluralism, starting with freedom for journalists.”

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to journalists after casting his vote during Hungary's municipal elections in Budapest, October 12, 2014, REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Protect Hungarians’ right to criticise public officials, say IFEX members

IFEX members support the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s draft law to decriminalise libel and defamation of public officials

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International community calls for the release of VICE fixer Mohammed Ismael Rasool

Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool

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Artwork depicting toys terrorised by ISIS removed from exhibition

According to reports, ISIS Threaten Sylvania, a series of seven satirical light box tableaux, was removed from the Passion for Freedom exhibition at the Mall galleries after police raised concerns about the “potentially inflammatory content” of the work.

A journalist carrying cameras walks away, REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

Five countries using anti-terror legislation to muzzle journalists

The anti-terror charges against reporters for Vice News in Turkey are not isolated. In recent years, a number of countries have used broad anti-terror laws to restrict the freedom of the press.

Khadija Ismayilova (second from right) arrives at the 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards hosted by the International Women's Media Foundation, Beverly Hills, California, 29 October 2012, Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP Images

Groups condemn “staggering” sentence for award-winning journalist

Sport for Rights considers the charges against investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to be connected to her exposure of corruption among the ruling Azerbaijani elite.

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Online threats of murder, rape, a daily reality for many female journalists

In a new online column for Index on Censorship, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, discusses relentless attacks on women journalists, and the impact on their lives.

Arif and Leyla Yunus at the French Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan in May 2013, AP Photo/Aziz Karimov

Rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus get severe jail sentences

The Sport for Rights coalition condemns the conviction and harsh sentencing of Azerbaijani human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus on 13 August by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.