Iran: Crackdown on freedom of the press over Covid-19 reporting continue with shutting down of a newspaper, leaving journalists jobless

Iran: Crackdown on freedom of the press over Covid-19 reporting continue with shutting down of a newspaper, leaving journalists jobless

Iran authorities shut down the Jahane Sanat newspaper on Monday following the publication of remarks by an expert who criticized the handling of coronavirus cases in the country.


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Romania: National Television violates right to association and freedom of the press

Romania: National Television violates right to association and freedom of the press

The Council of Europe reported a Level 2 alert about Romania following the intimidation attacks by the national television towards the Journalists’ Union and Independent newspaper Libertatea.

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Hungary: “The end of an era” that came with mass resignations at Index may well be the tipping point of decline in press freedom

Hungary: “The end of an era” that came with mass resignations at Index may well be the tipping point of decline in press freedom

More than 70 editorial staff members walked out of the Index headquarters on Friday, July 24 in mass resignation to protest the arbitrary dismissal of their editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull.

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