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CPJ calls on Turkey to release American journalist

New York, August 13, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to release American journalist Jake Hess, who is being detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, according to the Turkish daily Hürriyet. Hess is accused of collaborating with the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), referred to in news reports as the “urban wing” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party…

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