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
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
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), is urging the authorities in Montenegro to react immediately to threats the journalist Jelena Jovanovic has been receiving from an anonymous profile page on Facebook
Nearly three times more journalists were fired in Turkey in the second quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period last year, the latest quarterly media monitoring report by Istanbul-based non-profit news portal Bianet showed
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), once again is asking for an professional investigation by the authorities over the physical attack on Davor Pasalic, an editor of the Serbian news agency Fonet
The Serbian government has submitted to parliament a set of media bills, envisioning inter alia the state's withdrawal from the media sector by the middle of next year. It hopes lawmakers will adopt the new legislation as soon as possible
EU states are failing to reach relevant international standards on freedom of expression, as defamation remains a criminal act in 23 out of all 28 members of the bloc, the International Press Institute (IPI) said on July 17th
Despite the serious concerns of residents in Greece and around the Mediterranean about the safety of the operation to destroy Syria's most dangerous chemical weapons in the closed sea, the OPCW has been less than forthcoming in providing additional information about the mission to journalists, often responding to requests dismissively and with thinly veiled annoyance. Now four journalists have written an open letter to the OPCW Director General expressing their concerns
Reporters Without Borders warns that access to media and information can be dropped from United Nations development goals. Protection of the right to information is in danger of being weakened or disappearing altogether, to be replaced a vague reference to freedom of expression
