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De-legitimise and obstruct: An assault on civil society in Hungary and Macedonia

Populist, nationalist politicians in Central and Eastern Europe are launching attacks on civil society; the aim is to silence criticism and undermine pro-democracy, anti-corruption...

Hungarian civil defamation laws threaten political journalism

Court practice in cases involving third-party information seen as obstacle to political reporting. Hungarian courts' doctrine of objective liability for media outlets quoting third parties...

Study: online abuse of Hungary journalists ubiquitous

Report finds soft chilling effect, desensitisation among risks for nation's media. The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s...

Journalists in jeopardy: Media workers silenced through violence and arrest in 2016

Index on Censorship has published the Mapping Media Freedom 2016 report, available also in PDF. In 2016, a total of 1,387 reports of threats, limitations...

Montenegro: Investigative journalist’s lengthy legal proceedings

Independent journalist Jovo Martinovic’s arrest with 13 other individuals during a joint Croatian and Montenegrin police operation on 22 October 2015 began an ongoing...

Novosti under attack

A campaign launched by conservative organization “In the name of the family” threatens to shut down the magazine Novosti, example of pluralism and quality...

IPI launches FreeTurkeyJournalists website

Platform intended to show imprisoned media employees ‘not just a number’. The International Press Institute (IPI) unveiled a new website to serve as a resource...

Statement on the attack against the Novosti weekly and press freedom in Croatia

Novosti's journalists and editors would like to inform the general public, local and international institutions, professional associations and civil society organizations about an ongoing...

CoE Memorandum on media freedom calls Turkey to lift the state of emergency

“There is an urgent need to restore freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey. The closure of more than 150 media organisations since...

ECtHR rules in favour of journalists expelled from Macedonian parliament

by Ana Ribeiro The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that forcibly removing journalists from the Macedonian parliament while they were covering a...
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