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Head of IPI’s Turkish National Committee fired over tweet critical of Turkish president

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) said today that they were deeply troubled by the firing of IPI Turkish National Committee President Kadri Gürsel from his position as a columnist at Milliyet newspaper over a tweet critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Gürsel was informed yesterday by […]

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Slovenia approves reforms to law on classified information

The Slovenian Parliament earlier this month voted 86-1 to introduce a public-interest defence for persons accused of publishing classified information. The move followed the highly publicised trial of Delo investigative journalist Anuška Delić on charges of publishing classified state intelligence after she revealed links between the Slovenian neo-Nazi group Blood and Honour and members of the […]

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Los riesgos de la Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana española

Read this article in English Introducción Entre los problemas a los que se enfrenta la libertad de expresión de los activistas en España se encuentran diferentes cambios legislativos, concretamente la nueva Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana (Ley Orgánica de Protección de la Seguridad Ciudadana), la llamada Ley Mordaza por sus detractores, y las modificaciones del Código […]

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Spain’s Public Security Law: overview of challenges

Lea este artículo en español Introduction Among the issues that concern freedom of expression activists in Spain are several changes to legislation, most specifically a new Public Security Law (Ley Orgánica de Protección de la Seguridad Ciudadana) (nicknamed “the gag law” – ley mordaza – by its critics) and changes to the Penal Code, both […]

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