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CPJ calls on UN to investigate murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi consulate
November 1, 2018 6:20 PM ET
CPJ calls on U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to request that the United Nations launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 26, 2018
November 1, 2018 12:37 PM ET
Journalist freed pending trial An Istanbul court on October 31, ordered Ali Sönmez Kayar, a reporter for the socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA), to be freed pending trial, the independent news website Bianet reported. Kayar, who is charged with "being a member of a [terrorist] organization," was released under...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 18
October 25, 2018 1:37 PM ET
Court sentences journalists over Özgür Gündem campaignAn Istanbul court on October 24 sentenced three journalists to jail for "insulting the president" in the now shuttered pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem, the daily Evrensel reported....
The path(s) to justice in Jamal Khashoggi's murder
October 23, 2018 3:41 PM ET
In an emotional address to Turkey's parliament today, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a savage and premeditated act and demanded that Saudi officials be brought to Turkey to stand trial. Most of the information about the investigation that has emerged has come...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 11
October 18, 2018 12:42 PM ET
Journalists in court An Istanbul court on October 16 asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" warrant for the exiled journalists Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır, according to reports. Dündar and Tanır were defendants in the trial against the opposition daily Cumhuriyet, until their cases were separated from the...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 4, 2018
October 11, 2018 1:19 PM ET
Journalist sentenced to over 7 years in jail A court in the eastern Muş city on October 10 sentenced Seda Taşkın, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency (MA), to a total of seven years and six months in prison, her employer reported. Taşkın attended the hearing via...
CPJ calls on Saudi Arabia to account for Jamal Khashoggi's whereabouts
October 6, 2018 9:05 PM ET
New York, October 6, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Saudi Arabia to immediately account for the whereabouts of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Multiple news outlets reported today that Turkish authorities,...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of September 27, 2018
October 4, 2018 3:34 PM ET
Erdoğan in Germany A Turkish man wearing a "freedom for journalists" T-shirt was thrown out of a press conference between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on September 28, video from Euronews and Özgürüz showed. The man was identified as Adil Yiğit, chief editor...
Turkish court upholds life sentences without parole for four journalists
October 3, 2018 3:25 PM ET
Istanbul, October 3, 2018--An Istanbul court of appeals yesterday upheld the sentences of life in prison without parole handed to four prominent Turkish journalists in February, media reported. Mehmet Altan, his brother Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak, and Fevzi Yazıcı were convicted of having links to the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah...
CPJ expresses concern for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
October 3, 2018 11:17 AM ET
Beirut, October 3, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who has been living in self-imposed exile in the U.S. since 2017, and urges Saudi authorities to immediately disclose his whereabouts. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post and a former editor-in-chief...