Turkey

How you whistle, text and even bank can land you in jail in Turkey

Nine forms of expression that have landed Turks in trouble with the law.

21/02/2018

Germany

German law under fire

Under the NetzDG law, companies with more than two million registered users in Germany are required to establish a procedure to receive and review complaints of alleged illegal content.

14/02/2018

Europe News

Brief: EU makes progress against online hate

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

18/01/2018

Turkey

Turkey freedoms hit after ‘deeply-flawed constitutional referendum’

Freedom House say Turks are hesitant to express their views after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on power.

16/01/2018

Iran

Rouhani: Iran protesters have right to criticise, not to violence

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has addressed the nation for the first time since protests started across the country four days ago. In a televised speech, Rouhani said that "people have the right to criticise" but not to cause disorder or destroy pubic property.

31/12/2017

World News

Turkey: freed German journalist denounces Ankara government

Mesale Tolu speaks out in favour of free speech as she is released from a Turkish prison, pending trial.

19/12/2017

Turkey

Trapped in Turkey: rights activist condemns Erdogan rule

A rare insight into the life of an ordinary worker blacklisted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government

24/10/2017

France

Artist sets fire to bank in Paris

A Russian performance artist has been detained in Paris after setting fire to the front of a branch of France's central bank

16/10/2017

Russia

Fire and fury over film about Russian tsar's romance

Alexei Uchitel's "Matilda" tells the story of the late-19th century romance between Nicholas II, before he became tsar, and half-Polish dancer Matilda Kshesinskaya.

11/09/2017

Poland

Poland: opposition groups hold 'Liberty March' to protest against government

06/05/2017

USA

Euroviews. The American left's free speech reversal: View

By Peter Van Voorhis In the 1960s, activists at the University of California, Berkeley started the American free speech movement, where millions of students across the country fought for free speech r

24/04/2017

Russia

Unbowed, Navalny calls for more protests

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called on his supporters to hold protest rallies across the country on June 12. Navalny, who wants to run for president in 2018, was freed earlier this wee

12/04/2017

Netherlands

Euronews' James Franey asked Geert Wilders for his favourite part of the Koran

Euronews journalist James Franey asked Dutch far right politician Geert Wilders what was his favourite part of the Koran.

08/03/2017

World News

Berlin calls for release of German reporter arrested in Turkey

Turkish authorities have formally arrested a reporter for a prominent German newspaper (Die Welt) who has been critical of the ruling AK party.

28/02/2017

Poland

Protest broken up outside Poland's parliament

Police have forcibly broken up a demonstration that had blocked the exits from the Polish parliament. Warsaw police spokesperson Mariusz Mrozek denied the use of tear gas.

17/12/2016

Turkey

Europe condemns more journalist detentions in Turkey

The European Union has strongly criticised the detention of the editor and senior staff at a leading Turkish opposition newspaper who’ve been accused of supporting July’s failed…

31/10/2016

Europe News

EU's 'dirty deal' with Turkey is a 'betrayal' of European values, says Turkish journalist

Can Dundar is the former editor-in-chief of Cumhumriyet, a newspaper that is staunchly critical of the Turkish government.

28/10/2016

Ukraine

Protesters urge the EU to put more pressure on the Kremlin over Ukraine

“Russia must withdraw all occupational forces from Ukraine” – this was one of the main demands from the participants of worldwide protests organized by the campaign “StopPutinsWarInUkraine…

15/10/2016

Jordan

More than 1000 attend funeral of slain Jordanian writer

Nahed Hattar was to stand trial after sharing on social media a cartoon image seen as insulting Islam. He was shot by a former Muslim preacher on the steps of the courthouse on Sunday.

28/09/2016

China

Hong Kong protests over booksellers' detentions after Lam Wing-kee accuses China

One of five Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared last year has said he was detained for more than eight months by the Chinese authorities and that an apparent confession of “illegal trading” had been

17/06/2016