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Turkey: Strike Down Abusive Internet Measures

15/09/2014

New legal amendments giving the Turkish authorities broad powers to block websites and to amass users’ internet activity data should be overturned, Human Rights Watch said today

SEEMO to hold press freedom conference in Romania

12/09/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today announced that it will hold a one-day conference on press freedom, the influence of politics on media, and corruption on 23 September 2014 in Bucharest, Romania

Turkey: enemy of the Internet?

03/09/2014

This year the 9th annual Internet Governance Forum is ongoing in Istanbul till 5 September. Reporters without Borders is there to denounce the increasing violations of freedom of information in Turkey and to argue that respect for this freedom should be at the heart of any Internet governance model

SEEMO alarmed at threats made towards a reporter in Kosovo

01/09/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe, is concerned to learn about the threats made to Visar Duriqi, a Kosovo journalist

SEEMO concerned over attacks on Serbian portal pescanik.net

29/08/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), is concerned to learn about the new hacker attacks on the Serbian website pescanik.net

The Struggle for Turkey's Internet

27/08/2014

Turkey is a battleground state for Internet regulation, according to a Freedom House report released in advance of the Internet Governance Forum

Serbian Tabloid Targets BIRN after Airline Revelations

21/08/2014

The pro-government tabloid ‘Informer’ has published a series of allegations about the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, following its investigation into a secret government contract with the UAE’s Etihad Airways

Why we’re boycotting the Internet Governance Forum

21/08/2014

Renowned Turkish internet rights advocates are boycotting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - a high-profile, United Nations-mandated annual conference on issues surrounding governance of the Internet held this year in Istanbul. They explain why in this open letter

Azerbaijan: Letter from imprisoned human rights activist Rasul Jafarov

20/08/2014

The renowned Azerbaijani dissident, held at a pre-trial detention centre in the capital Baku, has written an appeal to the international community

International monitors: media coverage of Turkish presidential election "biased"

18/08/2014

According to international election observers, Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's use of his official position, coupled with biased media coverage, gave him a distinct advantage in the country's first direct presidential election