Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 9, 2017
Erdoğan vows jailed Die Welt correspondent will never return to Germany Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last night vowed that Die Welt Turkey correspondent Deniz Yücel, a dual citizen of Germany and Turkey would never be allowed to return to Germany so long as he was president, the online newspaper Diken reported.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 2, 2017
Cumhuriyet journalists respond to indictment Cumhuriyet journalists Kadri Gürsel and Murat Sabuncu, who were listed in an indictment against the Turkish daily earlier this week, reacted to the accusations presented to the court, online newspaper Demokrat Haber and Cumhuriyet reported yesterday.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 26, 2017
Istanbul court orders release, pending trial, of at least 19 journalists Istanbul’s 25th Court for Serious Crimes today ordered the release, pending trial, of at least 19 journalists imprisoned in direct relation for their work following the July 2016 failed military coup, according to news reports. The court did not drop any charges against the…
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 19, 2017
Security forces detain reporter in southeastern Turkey Security forces in the southeastern province of Mardin today detained Dihaber reporter Murat Verim, the news agency reported. Dihaber said the arrest was part of an ongoing terrorism investigation.
Media Law Resource Center Conference 2017
On March 13, 2017 at the University of Miami, the Media Law Resource Center the will hold a conference, “Legal Issues Concerning Hispanic and Latin American Media.” The conference will look at: Journalism Challenges in Latin America Cuba After Castro Online Piracy in Latin America Covering the Immigration Debate
CPJ Launches 2017 Free the Press Campaign
Governments using anti-state legislation to silence the press New York, January 26, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched its annual Free the Press Campaign to raise awareness of journalists imprisoned worldwide with an event at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. This year, the campaign will highlight the cases of 10 journalists imprisoned around…
Free the Press 2017
#FreeThePress Free the Press is campaign run by CPJ to raise awareness and take action around the cases of 10 journalists imprisoned on anti-state charges like terrorism charges. In its most recent prison census, CPJ found that 182 of 259 jailed journalists were serving sentences for anti-state charges. Since 2001, governments have repeatedly exploited national…
