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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...

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...

Is civil disobedience a “moral responsibility” in Turkey?

by Sara Whyatt for IFEX While it has never been easy to be a critical voice in Turkey, what is remarkable in recent years -...

Turkey: Dim hopes for 2017, but we’ll keep up the struggle for a free world

A journalist with hope is a common contradiction in these strange days. When I set forth to share my thoughts on what the new...

Republika Srpska President’s office limits access for selected media

The European Federation of Journalists backs the Bosnia-Herzegovina Journalists Association (BHJA) in condemning the discriminatory actions by Republika Srbska (RS) President Milorad Dodik against...

Turkey: 2 Major Obstacles Before Journalism: Government, Jurisdiction

BİA Media monitoring report October - December 2016 As of January 1, 2017, 131 journalists are in prison; 28 people including seven journalists are suspects...

Bosnia and Herzegovina, journalists under attack

Also in 2016, physical attacks, threats, and serious limitations have made the life of journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina increasingly difficult. by Adis Šušnjar, Sarajevo In...

Serbia: the moral damage of the Interior Minister

Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović sued the weekly NIN and won the case for moral damages as a result of a cover dedicated to Savamala...

Journalist Jovo Martinović released in Montenegro pending trial

A Montenegro court released independent journalist Jovo Martinović on January 5, pending the outcome of his trial, the journalist told the Committee to Protect Journalists....
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