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Legislative changes introduced by the anti-terrorism bill approved by the Russian Duma on 24 June will bring severe restrictions on freedom of expression, freedom of thought and the right to privacy

Six press freedom organisations led a three-day mission to Croatia, calling the country’s political leaders to guarantee the independence of the public broadcaster HRT

Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu have been released

According to the data recently released by the European Commission, the EU member states in Southeastern Europe are among the least digital in the continent

Three arrested editors-in-chief, Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and Ahmet Nesin have sent a message from prison

OSCE Representative appalled by imprisonment of two journalists and a human rights activist in Turkey, urges their release

TİHV President Fincancı, RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu and journalist author Nesin have been arrested on charge of "terror propaganda" for joining Özgür Gündem daily's Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign

A conference held on the 3rd of June in Dublin questioned the concept of media diversity and ownership in both online and traditional print media

From Friday 3 to Sunday 5 June, in Mechelen, the most relevant event on data Journalism in Europe. Several sessions on freedom of expression are co-promoted by ECPMF

The second EU Investigate Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey have been announced in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey