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EHRC Supporting Student Accused of Defamation by Estonian Radio Provocateur

September 10, 2020 • by Liina Rajaveer, Estonian Human Rights Centre

An Estonian university student created a petition calling for the host to be fired for hateful language towards minorities, with the host responding by suing for defamation.
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Press Freedom Tested in Turkey as Government Bans Coverage of Terror Attacks

February 13, 2017 • by Willem Knigge, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Press freedom in Turkey is under extreme pressure after the government prohibits TV channels from broadcasting news about terrorist attacks.
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The Médor Case: Illegitimate Judicial Censorship in Belgium

December 10, 2015 • by David Morelli, Belgian League of Human Rights

The decision to prevent the publication of the magazine Médor is a serious attack on press freedom and the freedom of expression as protected by European law.
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Russian-French Opposition Activist Arrested in Bulgaria, Applies for Asylum

September 09, 2014 • by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Russian dissident Nikolai Koblyakov, who is under house arrest in Sofia, has requested asylum in Bulgaria because of the threat of political persecution by the Russian government.
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Soviet-Era Censorship Is Back: Children's Fairy Tale Book Banned Because of "Harmful, Primitive and Biased Homosexual Propaganda"

May 20, 2014 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences put a stop to the distribution of "A Heart of Amber," a collection of fairy tales, because the stories were deemed to be "harmful, primitive and biased homosexual propaganda."
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