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Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The communist nation topped the Freedom to Write Index for the fourth consecutive year
Tehran's suppression of widespread protests for women's rights has resulted in more than 14,000 people being detained by the end of the year. Dozens of writers were among them. With those arrests, Iran registered the largest increase globally in jailed writers between 2021 and 2022, with 39 new cases of detention or imprisonment in 2022,…
Number of writers detained in Iran doubles as Tehran sought to suppress dissent and protests, PEN America says
The newly released 'Freedom to Write Index' features 2022 key cases, trends, regimes, victims of oppression, and leading markets of concern.