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2016

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CPJ asks European Union to prioritize press freedom in talks with Azerbaijan

February 26, 2016 3:44 PM EST

CPJ writes to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini to ask her to make press freedom a priority in her February 29, 2016, talks in Baku.

Can Dündar (right) and Erdem Gül (front left), the editor and Ankara bureau chief, respectively, of Turkey's Cumhuriyet newspaper, speak to reporters outside Istanbul's Silivri prison following their release from pre-trial detention early February 26, 2016 (AP/Can Erok).

CPJ calls on Turkey to drop charges against Cumhuriyet journalists

February 26, 2016 11:43 AM EST

Istanbul, February 26, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conditional release today of Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, and calls on authorities to drop all charges against them. The two, who spent 92 days in pre-trial detention, still face multiple life sentences if convicted of exposing state…

Journalist trapped and injured while reporting in besieged Turkish town dies

February 24, 2016 1:37 PM EST

New York, February 24, 2016–A news editor for the Kurdish-language daily Azadiya Welat, who had been trapped with a gunshot wound in Cizre since January 22, has died. Authorities used DNA testing to identify the remains of Rohat Aktaş, local reports said today. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear. Pro-opposition and pro-Kurdish media…

Head of Kazakh journalists’ union detained

February 22, 2016 5:21 PM EST

New York, February 22, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by today’s detention of Seytkazy Matayev, head of the Kazakh Journalists’ Union and the chair of National Press Club, in Almaty.

CPJ calls for Turkey to release Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah

February 19, 2016 2:00 AM EST

New York, February 19, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to immediately release Rami Jarrah, a Syrian journalist based in Turkey, who has been held since Wednesday.

Turkish police arrest journalist

February 16, 2016 5:08 PM EST

Istanbul, February 16, 2016 — Turkish authorities should immediately release Feyyaz İmrak, a correspondent for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Two newspaper offices firebombed in Istanbul

February 11, 2016 11:12 AM EST

New York, February 11, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s attacks on the Istanbul offices of the daily newspapers Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak. The newspapers are generally supportive of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Turkish journalist arrested for posts on social media

February 8, 2016 3:07 PM EST

Istanbul, February 8, 2016–Turkish authorities should immediately release Hayri Tunç, a reporter for the independent news website Jiyan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ concerned for safety of injured journalist trapped in Turkish city

February 4, 2016 3:15 PM EST

New York, February 4, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Rohat Aktaş, a news editor and reporter for the Kurdish-language daily Azadiya Welat, who has been trapped in the southeastern town of Cizre with a gunshot wound since January 22.

Bulgarian journalist bludgeoned

February 2, 2016 6:01 PM EST

Stoyan Tonchev, owner of the local news website Zad Kulisite (Behind the Scenes), was leaving a friend’s apartment in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort town of Pomorie at around 11 p.m. on January 14, 2015, when at least one man brutally beat him with a blunt object, according to local press reports.