Articles by Index on Censorship
Journalist?s prosecution continues to raise concern
(Index on Censorship/IFEX) – Turkish journalist Nadire Mater’s court battle over her groundbreaking book of interviews with veterans of the country’s southeastern war took a turn for the worse in July. Prosecutors called for Mater to be jailed for up to twelve years for “insulting and belittling” the military, arguing that the book lacked “objectivity” […]
Index on Censorship Freedom of the Press award presented to editors and journalists of independent Republika Srpska newspaper
**For background information on Nezavisne Novine and Zeljko Kopanja, see IFEX alerts of 25 October, 22 October, 18 October and 23 September 1999** (Index on Censorship/IFEX) – The following is an Index on Censorship press release: The Index on Censorship Freedom of the Press award for 1999 was presented on Tuesday 30 November to the […]
Journalist Nestor Baguer attacked
On 2 March 1995, Nestor Baguer, an independent journalist and president of the Independent Association of Journalists of Cuba (APIC), was attacked by an unknown individual outside his home in Havana. The assailant pushed him off the pavement into the street, causing a fracture to his right wrist and severe bruising to his ribs. According […]