IFEX - Europe and Central Asia http://www.ifex.org/europe_central_asia/all/ Europe and Central Asia en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:33 GMT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:33 GMT 100 <![CDATA[Russia - Journalist detained for questioning after publishing open letter to Putin]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Editor's detention exposes regime's crushing of dissent in wake of December violence]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/08/vinyavsky_detained/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/08/vinyavsky_detained/ <![CDATA[Russia - Government shuts HIV-prevention group's website]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Justice ministry harassment targets IRFS activities, says group's director]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/02/08/irfs_under_pressure/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/02/08/irfs_under_pressure/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/07/vinyavsky_appeal/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:56:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/07/vinyavsky_appeal/ <![CDATA[France - Documentary filmmaking threatened by court ruling]]> http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/02/07/france_affaire_le_mur/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:15:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/02/07/france_affaire_le_mur/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Make rights key to good relations, says Human Rights Watch]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/06/good_relations/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:59:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/06/good_relations/ <![CDATA[Russia - Authorities "at war" with bloggers in Chelyabinsk region]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/03/blogs_hacked/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/03/blogs_hacked/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Security service interrogates editor, raids newsroom]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/03/makushina_interrogated/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/03/makushina_interrogated/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Police use social media to monitor activists]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/02/02/police_surveillance/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/02/02/police_surveillance/ <![CDATA[Russia - Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/27/mgk_pressure/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/27/mgk_pressure/ <![CDATA[France - RSF releases press freedom index for 2011/2012]]> http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/26/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/26/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Independent editor imprisoned]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/01/26/vinyavsky_indicted/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:10:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/01/26/vinyavsky_indicted/ <![CDATA[France - RSF demande aux parlementaires de saisir le Conseil constitutionnel sur la loi sur le génocide arménien]]> http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/26/loi_genocide/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:54:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/26/loi_genocide/ <![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Editor sentenced to additional five-year jail term while still in prison]]> http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/01/26/bekjanov_further_sentencing/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:07:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/01/26/bekjanov_further_sentencing/ <![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Independent editor detained, newsrooms raided]]> http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/01/25/vinyavsky_detained/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:17:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/01/25/vinyavsky_detained/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Books of slain Kurdish poet under investigation ]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/25/aram_publishing_investigation/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:56:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/25/aram_publishing_investigation/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Three journalists released pending trial, 11 others still imprisoned ]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/25/detained_pending_trial/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:56:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/25/detained_pending_trial/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - PACE urged to demand freedom for political prisoners]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/01/24/pace_action_sought/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/01/24/pace_action_sought/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Newspapers fined for "damaging honour" of businessman]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/01/24/newspapers_fined/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/01/24/newspapers_fined/ <![CDATA[Croatia - IPI calls for professionalisation of public broadcaster]]> http://www.ifex.org/croatia/2012/01/20/public_broadcaster/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:25:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/croatia/2012/01/20/public_broadcaster/ <![CDATA[Western Europe - TV satellite operator usurps court’s prerogative to silence Kurdish TV station ]]> http://www.ifex.org/western_europe/2012/01/20/roj_tv_suspended/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:35:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/western_europe/2012/01/20/roj_tv_suspended/ <![CDATA[France - Senate must reject Armenian Genocide law, says ARTICLE 19]]> http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/20/genocide_law/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/01/20/genocide_law/ <![CDATA[Romania - Journalists assaulted while covering anti-government protests]]> http://www.ifex.org/romania/2012/01/19/bucharest_violence/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/romania/2012/01/19/bucharest_violence/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Justice not served in Hrant Dink's case]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/19/dink_trial/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:37:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/19/dink_trial/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Journalists set to appear in court after year-long detention]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/18/yuruyus_journalists_trial/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:38:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/18/yuruyus_journalists_trial/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Life sentence and acquittals handed down in Hrant Dink murder trial]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/18/dink_trial_sentences/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:38:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/18/dink_trial_sentences/ <![CDATA[Hungary - Journalist faces threats of criminal prosecution for publishing leaked document]]> http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2012/01/16/leaked_letter/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:24:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2012/01/16/leaked_letter/ <![CDATA[Kosovo (Serbia) - Police allegedly assault reporter]]> http://www.ifex.org/serbia/kosovo/2012/01/16/xhymshiti_beaten/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/serbia/kosovo/2012/01/16/xhymshiti_beaten/ <![CDATA[Europe and Central Asia - Ireland to prioritise Internet freedom during OSCE chairmanship]]> http://www.ifex.org/europe_central_asia/2012/01/16/osce_internet_priority/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:15:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/europe_central_asia/2012/01/16/osce_internet_priority/ <![CDATA[Russia - Tajik opposition journalist stabbed in Moscow]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/13/atovulloev_stabbed/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/13/atovulloev_stabbed/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Academics oppose Internet filtering in universities]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/12/internet_filter_campaign/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:54:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/12/internet_filter_campaign/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Kurdish Roj TV fined but remains on air]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/12/roj_tv_fined/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:40:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2012/01/12/roj_tv_fined/ <![CDATA[Vietnam - European Union urged to press Vietnam to respect human rights]]> http://www.ifex.org/vietnam/2012/01/12/release_political_prisoners/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:21:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/vietnam/2012/01/12/release_political_prisoners/ <![CDATA[Belarus - Independent reporter imprisoned]]> http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/10/kovalenko_sentenced/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:22:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/10/kovalenko_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Hungary - Human Rights Watch calls for government to reverse interference with courts, media]]> http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2012/01/06/new_constitution/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:47:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2012/01/06/new_constitution/ <![CDATA[Belarus - Authorities tighten grip on the Internet]]> http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/06/punitive_arm_net_restrictions/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:03:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/06/punitive_arm_net_restrictions/ <![CDATA[Ethiopia - Swedish journalists given 11 years on terrorism charges]]> http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2012/01/04/persson_schibbye_sentenced/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:11:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2012/01/04/persson_schibbye_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Germany - President pressures "Bild" to kill story]]> http://www.ifex.org/germany/2012/01/04/president_pressure/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/germany/2012/01/04/president_pressure/ <![CDATA[Belarus - Pro-opposition news website attacked, shut down]]> http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/02/charter_97_hacked/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2012/01/02/charter_97_hacked/ <![CDATA[Turkey - Journalists' trial moves forward]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2011/12/29/trial_resumes/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:42:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2011/12/29/trial_resumes/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Youth activist's appeal rejected]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/appeal_denied/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:23:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/appeal_denied/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Jabbar Savalanli released under pardon decree]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/savalanli_released/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:48:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/savalanli_released/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Journalists assaulted while covering president's birthday celebration]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/journalists_assaulted/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:15:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/29/journalists_assaulted/ <![CDATA[Russia - Newspaper comes under pressure after election of Communist Party mayor]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/28/berdsk_gorodskoi_vestnik/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:06:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/28/berdsk_gorodskoi_vestnik/ <![CDATA[Hungary - Journalists fired over ongoing hunger strike]]> http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2011/12/28/journalists_fired/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:33:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2011/12/28/journalists_fired/ <![CDATA[Turkey - CPJ condemns journalist arrests]]> http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2011/12/22/cpj_condemns_arrests/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2011/12/22/cpj_condemns_arrests/ <![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Editor of "Yeni Musavat" receives death threats for republishing article]]> http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/22/yeni_musavat_threats/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:23:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2011/12/22/yeni_musavat_threats/