Turkey: With Mainstream Media Muzzled, Alternative Outlets Plug Gaps
Copyright show: No After working as a respected journalist for 25 years in numerous capacities, including a stint as a columnist at one of Turkey’s largest newspapers, Serdar Akinan found himself in...
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Copyright show: No Eurasianet Commentary Many in Azerbaijan had entertained hopes that, following his re-election in late 2013, President Ilham Aliyev in Azerbaijan would ease repressive policies...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Atheist Faces Seven Years for Stoking Religious Tension
Copyright show: No Mild-mannered pensioner Aleksandr Kharlamov does not look like a typical rabble-rouser – but this bespectacled sexagenerarian stands at the center of a furor over freedom of...
View ArticleRussia & Kazakhstan: Using EU Ruling to Press for More Web Censorship
Copyright show: No Officials in Kazakhstan and Russia contend a European court ruling sets a precedent that allows them to exercise even greater control over the Internet. Both are already notorious...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Libel Trial Rekindles Fears of Media Muzzling
Copyright show: No There is a bleak mood hanging over the editorial office of the Nakanune.kz website these days. The news site, which has won plaudits for its hard-hitting coverage in Kazakhstan’s...
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