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From the Communiqué


8 February 2012

Kazakhstan

Editor's detention exposes regime's crushing of dissent in wake of December violence

IFEX members are calling Kazakh editor Igor Vinyavsky's detention Igor Vinyavsky, the editor-in-chief of one of the last remaining independent national newspapers in Kazakhstan, has a long history of being a thorn in the side of the Kazakh government. So IFEX members called his detention last month by Kazakhstan's security services "politically motivated." Adil Soz and 28 other IFEX members are rallying together for his release - and to draw attention to the growing trend of silencing those critical of the government in the wake of violent protests in Zhanaozen last December.
19 January 2012

Turkey

Justice not served in Hrant Dink's case

A Hrant Dink vigil in Armenia, 2007: Dink's assassination sent shockwaves through Turkey and grew into a wider scandal after reports that the security forces had known of a plot to kill him but failed to act A Turkish court this week sentenced a man to life in prison for inciting the murder of prominent ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink five years ago, but cleared all 19 suspects of belonging to a terrorist organisation, reports IFEX member in Turkey the IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET), along with other IFEX members.

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Campaigns and Advocacy


7 February 2012

Kazakhstan

Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor

Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public.
26 January 2012

France / International

RSF releases press freedom index for 2011/2012

The Arab world was the motor of history in 2011 but the Arab uprisings have had contrasting political outcomes so far, with Tunisia and Bahrain at opposite ends of the scale.
24 January 2012

Azerbaijan

PACE urged to demand freedom for political prisoners

Member organisations of the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan (IPGA) are deeply concerned by the continued politically motivated imprisonment of persons for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

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Reports


31 January 2012

Turkey

BIANET releases media monitoring results for 2011

A total of 104 journalists and 30 media workers were imprisoned in 2011, says BIANET, a large jump from 30 journalists in 2010.
26 January 2012

Serbia

ANEM's December 2011 media monitoring report

The twenty-ninth Monitoring Report contains a legal analysis and assessment of the most important occurrences in the media sector in Serbia in December 2011.


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TURKEY: Add your signature to IPI petition to free journalist Nedim Sener Turkish journalist Nedim Sener has spent nearly 300 days in jail for being part of the "Ergenekon" plot, in which an alleged ultra-nationalist organisation with ties to security forces is said to have planned to use terrorism to overthrow the government. Join more than 3,000 people in an International Press Institute (IPI) petition calling for a fair trial or his immediate release.
11 January 2012

Alerts

RUSSIA: Government shuts HIV-prevention group's website 8 February 2012 FRANCE: Documentary filmmaking threatened by court ruling 7 February 2012 KAZAKHSTAN / GERMANY: Make rights key to good relations, says Human Rights Watch 6 February 2012 RUSSIA: Authorities "at war" with bloggers in Chelyabinsk region 3 February 2012 KAZAKHSTAN: Security service interrogates editor, raids newsroom 3 February 2012 TURKEY: Police use social media to monitor activists 2 February 2012 RUSSIA: Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure 27 January 2012 KAZAKHSTAN: Independent editor imprisoned 26 January 2012 UZBEKISTAN: Editor sentenced to additional five-year jail term while still in prison 26 January 2012 KAZAKHSTAN: Independent editor detained, newsrooms raided 25 January 2012 TURKEY: Books of slain Kurdish poet under investigation 25 January 2012 TURKEY: Three journalists released pending trial, 11 others still imprisoned 25 January 2012 AZERBAIJAN: Newspapers fined for "damaging honour" of businessman 24 January 2012 CROATIA: IPI calls for professionalisation of public broadcaster 20 January 2012 WESTERN EUROPE / TURKEY: TV satellite operator usurps court’s prerogative to silence Kurdish TV station 20 January 2012 FRANCE: Senate must reject Armenian Genocide law, says ARTICLE 19 20 January 2012 ROMANIA: Journalists assaulted while covering anti-government protests 19 January 2012 TURKEY: Journalists set to appear in court after year-long detention 18 January 2012 TURKEY: Life sentence and acquittals handed down in Hrant Dink murder trial 18 January 2012 HUNGARY: Journalist faces threats of criminal prosecution for publishing leaked document 16 January 2012 KOSOVO (SERBIA): Police allegedly assault reporter 16 January 2012 EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: Ireland to prioritise Internet freedom during OSCE chairmanship 16 January 2012 RUSSIA / TAJIKISTAN: Tajik opposition journalist stabbed in Moscow 13 January 2012 TURKEY / DENMARK: Kurdish Roj TV fined but remains on air 12 January 2012 BELARUS: Independent reporter imprisoned 10 January 2012 See all alerts: Europe and Central Asia
 
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