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Free Expression & the Law
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Sign a petition to help free translator and women's rights activist Ayşe Berktay, whose next hearing is on 27 May. She is among many jailed in Turkey in violation of their right to freedom of expression.
Europe & Central Asia Highlights
Access to Information Censorship
A magistrate’s court in Reyhanli has imposed restrictions on media coverage of two lethal car bomb explosions on 11 May. The official grounds for the ban are protection of the investigation’s confidentiality and protection of the privacy of the victims.
Censorship
Twenty-seven years after the worst nuclear power accident in history, Aliaksandr Zianchuk argues that propaganda dissuades Belarusians from thinking critically about Chernobyl's lasting impacts on health and the environment.
World Press Freedom Day
Turkish media freedom defenders flew kites with the photos of 62 jailed journalists in front of the Court in Istanbul to draw attention to judges and prosecutors about their cases on World Press Freedom Day.
Reporters Without Borders
Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law
17 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Bahrain United Kingdom Free Expression & the Law
16 May 2013
International Press Institute
Denmark Free Expression & the Law
16 May 2013
Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety
Azerbaijan Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law
14 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Uzbekistan Impunity Freedom of Assembly
14 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Turkmenistan Free Expression & the Law
13 May 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
Belarus Free Expression & the Law
10 May 2013
ARTICLE 19
Russia Free Expression & the Law
9 May 2013
Reporters Without Borders
Turkey Freedom of Assembly
9 May 2013
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
United Kingdom Free Expression & the Law
7 May 2013
International Federation of Journalists
Western Europe World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2013
Journalists' Trade Union
Azerbaijan World Press Freedom Day
2 May 2013
International Press Institute
Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety
Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law
2 May 2013
PEN American Center, Writers in Prison Committee, PEN International
Turkey Free Expression & the Law
2 May 2013
International Press Institute
Slovakia Free Expression & the Law
30 April 2013
International Press Institute
Human Rights Watch
Russia Freedom of Assembly
30 April 2013
South East European Network for Professionalization of Media
Romania World Press Freedom Day
30 April 2013
Human Rights Watch
Russia Free Expression & the Law
29 April 2013
Reporters Without Borders
ARTICLE 19, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety
Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law
29 April 2013
Index on Censorship
United Kingdom Free Expression & the Law
26 April 2013
International Press Institute
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