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“Media: when oligarchs go shopping” – RSF’s latest report

It was in Russia that the word “oligarchs” was first used to denote very rich businessmen. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has adopted the term...

OSCE Rep. condemns incidents directed at journalists and independent voices in Bosnia and Herzegovina

VIENNA, 29 July 2016 – Continuing intimidation and violence against journalists and independent voices is unacceptable and could further weaken media freedom and freedom...

Turkey: Journalists are forced into self-censorship because they are afraid of imprisonment

Interview with the President of the Journalist Union of Turkey “Protecting freedom of press also means defending the public’s right of access to information. In...

Turkey: 131 Media Outlets Closed by Statutory Decree

Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio channels, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines, 29 publishing houses and distribution channels have been closed. 131 media organs...

Turkey issues at least 42 arrest warrants for journalists

New York, July 25, 2016—Turkish authorities should cease using a failed coup attempt as a pretext for purging critical journalists, the Committee to Protect...

Turkey: Press Freedom in the grip of major crackdown following failed coup

Brussels, 25 July 2016. - An ongoing crackdown on the media in Turkey has led to the arrests of more journalists and raids on their homes. The...

Democratic governments must ensure media freedom and journalists’ safety, OSCE Rep. urges Turkey

VIENNA, 21 July 2016 – The mass cancellation of broadcasting licenses, criminal investigations against, and dismissal of, hundreds of journalists at the state broadcaster,...

Turkey: International community must take a strong stand against freedom violations

Attacks targeting the media in Turkey have led the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) to alert the Council of Europe about a...

Protest Held Against ‘Purges’ on Croatian Broadcaster

Several hundred people and journalists protested on Thursday (14 July 2016) against the wave of sackings and cancellation of shows on the public broadcaster...

OSCE Rep: Restrictions on foreign broadcasters in Moldova breach international standards on media freedom

VIENNA, 13 July 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that media laws under consideration by the Parliament...
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