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Crimea: Update on Events, 23 March 2014

24.03.2014

Two more Ukrainian military officers were kidnaped in Crimea. The total of 11 people are now missing. Journalists and activists, who were previously released, report about torture they were subjected to in Russian captivity. Human rights defenders claim a series of violation of fundamental rights and freedoms in Crimea.

Crimea: Update on Events, 19 March 2014

20.03.2014

Ukraine

Updates: Ukrainian authorities have begun responding to the humanitarian challenges in Crimea and are assisting citizens to depart the peninsula; several activists and Ukrainian military personnel are being held hostage in the Crimea; Separatists and the Russian military continue to storm Ukrainian military units.

Crimea: Update on Events, 18 March 2014

19.03.2014

Ukraine

The situation in the Crimea has entered a new and bloody phase. A Ukrainian soldier has been killed. Violent attacks on journalists haven’t ceased. 12 people are still missing

Belarus: Time for media reform. London launch

20.02.2014

Belarus

Following launches in Minsk and Brussels, join Index on Censorship for the UK launch of our important new policy paper ‘Belarus: Time For Media Reform’

Belarus: Time for media reform. Brussels launch

12.02.2014

Belarus

Join Index at a presentation of a new policy paper on media freedom in Belarus on 19 February, 2014, 15.00 at the Office for Democratic Belarus, Rue de la Loi 42, Brussels.

Brussels demonstration in solidarity with Russian civil society

24.01.2014

Russia

On 27 January, a demonstration in support of civil society will be held in Brussels coinciding with the forthcoming EU-Russia summit.

“It is all about the right to live in a free country”

23.01.2014

Ukraine

As the conflict in Kiev continues to unfold, Ukrainian civil society activists say negotiations and urgent reaction of the international community are vital to resolve the crisis.

Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could walk free

21.01.2014

Belarus

The political prisoner can be “pardoned” if “it is proved the damage he caused with the tax fraud has been repaid.”

Ukraine: Press targeted and attacked by police

20.01.2014

Ukraine

At least 26 journalists were injured during the clashes between the police and protesters in Kiev.

Ukraine: Authorities target protesters with new repressive law

16.01.2014

Ukraine

Legislation passed today seriously restricts freedom of expression and assembly, in a move the country's civil society calls “a constitutional coup d’état”.