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Turkey

Defiant German 'Zaman' journalists publish their own version of paper

Days after the Turkish authorities seized control of the country’s largest newspaper Zaman, its reporters in Germany have published their own

My Europe Series

Determined youth of Poland use social media to battle right-wing shift

Since the end of last year, Poland has been ruled by a populist right-wing government trying to get a hold of public media and the Constitutional Court. But student Artur Sierawski has something to sa

Turkey

US: Joe Biden slams Turkey for 'poor example' of freedom of expression

US Vice President Joe Biden has criticised Turkey for “setting a poor example” in the region concerning freedom of expression. The damning comments

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Poland under fire over media laws

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Poland is under fire for new media laws that have been described as an attack on the freedom of the press; the

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World News

China takes centre stage in global internet debate

Beijing defends "internet sovereignty"

Economy

Russia 'warns Twitter it must store user data locally'

Russia has reportedly warned Twitter that it must store Russian users’ data in Russia. A new law that came into effect in September requires internet

My Europe Series

Are refugees or civil rights the priority in Turkey?

Turkey’s snap elections come at a critical moment. President Erdogan aims to avoid the hung parliament from the June vote, but polls show no clear

Turkey

Istanbul: hundreds protest police raid on opposition media

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Istanbul in front of an opposition media company that was raided by police earlier on Wednesday.

Turkey

Turkish police storm opposition Bugun TV during live broadcast

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul stormed the offices of opposition television station Bugun TV during a live broadcast on Wednesday (October

Turkey

Outrage in Turkey at take over of media outlets

Hundreds of Turkish government critics and opposition leaders have vowed to keep up a protest outside a Koza Ipek outlet namely Bugun TV in Istanbul

Turkey

Turkey's ruling AK party moves to seize critical media holding ahead of election

Turkey’s Public Prosecutors office is to appoint a trustee to manage Koza Ipek Holding which owns media outlets critical of the ruling AK party. The

Turkey

Turkish police raid media group over 'terrorist financing'

Burundi

Burundi: radio silence leaves room for political violence

The country's main independent radio stations have been closed since April when unrest began. By day there is an uneasy calm, by night gunfire rings out in Bujumbura.

Germany

Germany suspends treason investigation into news website

Germany has suspended a treason investigation into the Netzpolitik news website while an expert decides whether articles it published earlier this

Angola

Angolan generals drop charges against journalist Rafael Marques

Defamation charges have been dropped against a journalist who accused seven Angolan army generals of being complicit in human rights abuses. The

France

Charlie Hebdo, for richer, for poorer?

The coming departure of Charlie Hebdo’s surviving cartoonist Renald Luzier casts a further shadow over the satirical magazine, adding to doubts about

USA

Charlie Hebdo honoured in New York

The French magazine Charlie Hebdo has been honoured with a freedom of expression award at a New York gala. The PEN (Poets, Essayists and Novelists)

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi blogger is hacked to death for speaking out against religious fundamentalism

For the second time in a month an internet blogger has been hacked to death by assailants using machetes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The family

My Europe Series

Drawing the line: the high price paid by Prophet Mohammed cartoonists

A life in hiding is the price two cartoonists have paid for their satirical depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. Swede Lars Vilks and Kurt Westergaard

Culture news

16th edition of Cartoon Xira pays homage to Charlie Hebdo victims

The 16th edition of the Cartoon Xira, dedicated to some of Portugual’s best cartoonists, has opened in Vila Franca de Xira near Lisbon. The