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Effort to shut down paper seen in filing of lawsuit
Editor-in-chief Svetlana Kalinkina said the lawsuit constitutes an attempt by the authorities' to stop the paper's publication. -
New legislation to provide exemplary protection for freedom of information
Parliament unanimously approved the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative resolution that calls on government to draft legislation for the protection of ... -
Journalist fined for criticising judge
Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak had previously been sentenced to eleven months and 20 days in prison on the same charges. -
Editor of women's magazine detained since March, faces three-year sentence
Gurbet Çakar, editorial manager of the "Rengê Hevîya Jinê" women's magazine, was detained in March on charges of "making propaganda ... -
Presidential security officer assaults journalist
The state guard administration has apologised to Serhiy Andrushko for having used force against him at an agricultural exposition in ... -
Kyrgyzstan crisis threatens democratic prospects of new government – and autocratic region
With Kyrgyzstan in the throes of a humanitarian crisis, Miriam Lanskoy, the National Endowment for Democracy’s senior program ... -
Peace activist sentenced to six years in jail
The charges against Sultan Acibuca were connected to a speech she made on International Women's Day 2008 and on other ... -
Media outlets incinerated; too dangerous to report
An estimated 2,000 have been killed in interethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan since 10 June, say news reports. In response to ... -
Two acquitted while free expression violations pile up
Critical journalists, writers and opposition voices in Turkey are being gagged by a barrage of threats. They are facing long ... -
Journalists furious over gag law
Despite massive protest from both independent Italian journalists and those close to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Senate approved ...
