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Azerbaijan: Journalist and political analyst Arzu Geybullayeva threatened

10/10/2014

PEN International is deeply concerned by the news that journalist and political analyst Arzu Geybullayeva is being subjected to a growing campaign of intimidation for working for the Istanbul-based Armenian newspaper Agos

Exchange of best practices on transparency of media ownership

03/10/2014

A seminar will take place in Brussels on 3 October 2014 for an exchange of practices in the field of transparency of media ownership.

Turkey: Letter Reveals Assassination Plot Against Columnists

30/09/2014

An unstamped letter delivered at the premisses of T24 news website revealed an assassination plot against prominent columnists Aydın Engin and Murat Belge

Montenegro Media Union Urges End to Layoffs

30/09/2014

Montenegro's Media Union has expressed grave concern about the number of journalists who are losing their jobs every day, urging the government to act

Is press censorship in Serbia “worse than the 1990s”?

29/09/2014

Six months after Aleksandar Vucic came to power, there are worrying signs that freedom of the media is deteriorating, Milana Knezevic writes

SEEMO expresses concern over media freedom developments in Serbia

29/09/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is concerned over media freedom developments in Serbia.

The Oxygen Method in Europe. New lenses to see the hidden censorship

25/09/2014

Ossigeno per l’Informazione has published the manual "The new lenses against censorship" showing in detail the method of monitoring developed by Ossigeno and experienced in Italy, and its results

SEEMO deeply concerned over privacy rights violations in Turkey

16/09/2014

The South East Europe Media Organization has expressed its deep concern regarding two new articles on the subject of internet laws, that were adopted on 10 September 2014 in Turkey.

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