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ANEM strongly condemns attack on journalist Teofil Pancic

Free Media Online — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The absence of an appropriate state response and the creation of an atmosphere of fear further encourages potential attackers, said ANEM.

Authorities refuse to free jailed blogger who qualifies for parole

Free Media Online — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:06:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The prison director opposed the bloggers’ release on the grounds that he did not do enough prison work and met with his lawyer too often.

IFJ hails verdict on media law as a "victory for press freedom"

Free Media Online — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:28:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Constitutional Court of Serbia has issued a landmark decision rejecting repressive amendments to the Public Information Act.

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Autocrats silence dissent at home, get a voice in Washington

Free Media Online — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:56:07 +0000

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Some of Washington’s most prestigious firms are lobbying on behalf of some of the world’s most corrupt and repressive regimes, Joshua Kurlantzick writes in Newsweek. Department of Justice data show the number of registrants—forms submitted by people registered to represent foreign countries—grew to 1,900 in the first half of 2009, with an even steeper rise

Publisher Ragip Zarakolu back on trial alongside writer Mehmet Güler

Free Media Online — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:38:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The publisher and author stand accused under the Anti Terror Law of promoting violence in relation to the publication of a book by Güler.

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Publisher Ragip Zarakolu back on trial alongside writer Mehmet Güler

Controversial media regulations developed for terrorism coverage

Free Media Online — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:04:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Television Broadcasters Association determined that certain “principles of news should be followed in situations of terror and other extraordinary circumstances”.

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Controversial media regulations developed for terrorism coverage

Human rights defender harassed for publishing report on press violations

Free Media Online — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The deputy police chief and deputy prosecutor warned Khalid Agaliyev against “damaging Azerbaijan’s image” in his report.

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Thousands march in Istanbul to demand end to Internet censorship

Free Media Online — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:16:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Demonstrators held banners such as “Don’t click away our freedom” to protest Turkey’s restrictive Internet laws.

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Thousands march in Istanbul to demand end to Internet censorship

Journalists attacked while covering demonstrations

Free Media Online — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:08:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Dicle news agency reported that a plainclothes police officer instigated an attack by a group of demonstrators on two of its journalists.

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Journalist charged for criticising handling of murder case

Free Media Online — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:54:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Journalist Cengiz Çandar is facing a prison sentence for criticising the fact that a witness in the Hrant Dink murder case was not brought to court for a hearing.

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Authorities say imprisoned journalist will not be freed regardless of appeal outcome

Free Media Online — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:14:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Regardless of the ECHR’s Grand Chamber decision, Eynulla Fatullayev will not be released without a favourable ruling from Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court.

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Authorities say imprisoned journalist will not be freed regardless of appeal outcome

Website banned

Free Media Online — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:07:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Access to the sanliurfa.com website was banned because of news relating to the deputy governor of Şanliurfa and associated reader comments.

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Journalists harassed by Presidential Administration guards

Free Media Online — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:23:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The journalists were detained by the guards as they were taking pictures and filming a protest by residents who had suffered damages from floods.

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New law violates security of journalists’ sources; B92 reporter receives death threats

Free Media Online — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:08:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Serbian national security and police forces have been given the power to view the contents of citizens’ personal email accounts without permission as a result of a new law adopted by parliament on 29 June, reports the International Press Institute (IPI). The legal system has also left journalists vulnerable to attacks with a recent court decision to reject charges against six people who allegedly threatened to murder a B92 reporter, says the Belgrade-based Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

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New law violates security of journalists’ sources; B92 reporter receives death threats

Journalists acquitted of charges related to online content

Free Media Online — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Ali Baris Kurt and Mehmet Nuri Kokcuoglu were on trial for comments they made defending conscientious objection.

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Journalists acquitted of charges related to online content

Journalist faces up to three years in prison for "insulting" defendant in court case

Free Media Online — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:14:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In a December 2008 article, Nazli Ilicak reported that a defendant in the Ergenekon trial was allegedly responsible for a military commander’s murder.

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Political blogger and radio journalist slain

Free Media Online — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:14:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A Greek radio journalist and blogger who was about to publish results of an investigation into corruption in the country was lured out of his home in Athens and shot dead on 19 July, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). This is the first murder of a journalist in Greece in more than 20 years.

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Prosecutor drops criminal case against journalist

Free Media Online — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:11:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In a controversial article, writer Yilmaz Ozdil had commented on an attack against a Kurdish politician.

Investigative reporter gunned down in Athens

Free Media Online — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:34:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Sokratis Giolias, director of the private radio station Thema 98.9 and contributor to the popular online news blog Troktikos, was about to publish results of an investigation into corruption.

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Investigative reporter gunned down in Athens

Russia: rights deteriorating despite reset?

Free Media Online — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:24:22 +0000

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): “At a time when democracy remains threatened or in retreat throughout the former Soviet empire, with Russia leading the anti-democracy movement, it’s worth examining the connection between reset and democracy,” writes Fred Hiatt.

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Russia: Human Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Estemirova’s Murder

Free Media Online — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:22:05 +0000

Human Rights Watch (HRW) – We, the undersigned, are gravely concerned about the situation of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation, including several murders targeting prominent researchers and activists for their work in the North Caucasus last year and the lack of accountability for these heinous crimes.

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Russia: Human Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Estemirova’s Murder

Romanian journalist Adrian Mogos wins Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2010

Free Media Online — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:33:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The personal risks taken while performing the duty, the quality of reporting as well as the impact on society of the messages conveyed were the main criteria taken into account by the jury.

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Romanian journalist Adrian Mogos wins Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2010

CPJ calls on OSCE to put Kazakh press freedom on summit agenda

Free Media Online — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Kazakhstan, the current chair of the OSCE, has failed to decriminalise libel and has passed new, restrictive Internet and privacy laws, CPJ noted.

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ECHR orders Turkey to compensate journalists

Free Media Online — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The court said Turkey had illegally limited the freedom of expression of two magazine editors and must pay them US$6,700 each.

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Journalists strike back at gag law with silence and empty newsstands

Free Media Online — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:26:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Journalists across Italy refused to work on 8 July to protest a wiretapping bill that bans reporting on judicial investigations, say the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Index on Censorship.

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Journalists strike back at gag law with silence and empty newsstands

Russia: investors deterred by no rule of law

Free Media Online — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:09:47 +0000

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s leading democratic leaders and thinkers convened again last week for the sixth annual Khodorkovsky Reading, a seminar organized by the Information Science for Democracy (INDEM) think tank and the Memorial human rights group, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy. Few emerged impressed with President Dmitry Medvedev’s plans to modernize the country.

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Security agents raid television station, interrogate director

Free Media Online — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:07:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The newsroom of the independent Uzbek-language broadcaster Osh TV in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh was raided by armed agents of the Kyrgyz security service.

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Journalist on trial over article about Greek volunteers’ role in Bosnian massacre

Free Media Online — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:09:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A criminal complaint was filed against journalist Takis Michas in July 2009.

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Journalist on trial over article about Greek volunteers’ role in Bosnian massacre

Singer sentenced to 10 months in prison for statements made at concert

Free Media Online — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:34:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Cevdet Bağca was sentenced for speaking about people allegedly connected to the PKK at a concert in the city of Siirt.

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CPJ calls on authorities to disclose information on Klebnikov murder

Free Media Online — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:46:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: “Forbes Russia” editor Paul Klebnikov was gunned down outside his Moscow office in 2004.

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ARTICLE 19 condemns conviction of art curators

Free Media Online — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Andrei Yerofeev and Yuri Samodurov, who staged an exhibition titled “Forbidden Art 2006″ featuring censored Soviet and post-Soviet art works, were convicted by a Moscow court.

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Imprisoned journalist goes on hunger strike

Free Media Online — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:36:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Ramazan Yesergepov launched a hunger strike to protest his unlawful imprisonment as well as the failure of the OSCE to pay attention to rights violations in Kazakhstan.

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New law will prevent journalists from publishing personal information

Free Media Online — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:59:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Journalists will be able to collect personal information but will not be allowed to publish it until the person in question gives consent.

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New law will prevent journalists from publishing personal information

New law will prevent journalists from publishing personal information

Free Media Online — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:59:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Journalists will be able to collect personal information but will not be allowed to publish it until the person in question gives consent.

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New law will prevent journalists from publishing personal information

A year later, no prosecution in Estemirova murder

Free Media Online — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0000

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The investigation into the killing of leading human rights defender Natalia Estemirova has yielded no tangible results.

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