Campaign group says there has been a 30% rise in incidents involving journalists, voicing particular concern about Turkey and UkraineThere has been a “stark deterioration of press freedom” in Europe in 2016 with conflict in Turkey and Ukraine creating especially difficult conditions for journalists. Index on Censorship said it had seen 301 verified incidents reported to its Mapping Freedom project over the first three months of the year, including four deaths and 43 assaults. The figure is up 30% on the first quarter of 2015. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
