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Attacks on the Press: Misusing Terror Laws

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

Governments exploit national security laws to punish critical journalists. By Monica Campbell

Attacks on the Press: Divided, Journalists Are at Risk

February 14, 2013 12:04 AM EST

No amount of security training can make up for a lack of professional solidarity. By Frank Smyth

Attacks on the Press: CPJ Risk List

February 14, 2013 12:04 AM EST

From conflict-ridden Syria to aspiring world leader Brazil, 10 nations on a downslope. By Karen Phillips

Kurdish journalists, media workers released in Turkey

February 11, 2013 4:22 PM EST

Istanbul, February 11, 2013–The release of at least seven journalists and media workers from pretrial detention is a positive step toward restoring the press freedom climate in Turkey, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Journalists protest their imprisoned colleagues in Ankara in 2011. (AFP/Adem Altan)

Journalist jailed on terror charges in Turkey

December 17, 2012 4:56 PM EST

Istanbul, December 17, 2012–Authorities in Turkey have arrested another reporter, news reports said, bringing to 50 the number of journalists jailed in Turkey in reprisal for their work.

A passer-by looks at Turkish newspapers at a kiosk in Istanbul. (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Mission Journal: First of two CPJ delegations visits Turkey

October 25, 2012 1:41 PM EDT

This week I joined CPJ board Chairman Sandra Mims Rowe, Executive Director Joel Simon, and Turkish researcher Özgür Ögret in Istanbul to present CPJ’s latest report, “Turkey’s Press Freedom Crisis,” and convey our main press freedom concerns, including the mass imprisonment of journalists.

AFP photographer Mustafa Ozer is detained at his home in Istanbul. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

Turkey must justify widespread arrests of journalists

December 20, 2011 5:40 PM EST

New York, December 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports of the arrests of journalists in a nationwide sweep today in Turkey, and calls on authorities to immediately disclose the names of those detained along with any charges being filed against them.