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Tag Archives: VICE News
Amnesty: Freedom of Expression in Turkey Deteriorates in 2015
“Countless unfair criminal prosecutions, including under criminal defamation and anti-terrorism laws, targeted political activists, journalists and others critical of public officials or government policy. Ordinary citizens were frequently brought before the courts for social media posts.” That’s the grim portrait … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Anti-terrorism, Cumhuriyet, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Press, Internet Freedom, Kurds, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged 299, Amnesty International, Annual Report 2015, Can Dundar, Cumhuriyet, Digiturk, Erdem Gul, Frederike Geerdink, Gulen, Hidayet Karaca, Jake Hanrahan, Journalists, Mohammad Rassol, Philip Pendlebury, pre-trial detention, Tahir Elci, Turkey, VICE News
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Turkish police again detain foreign journalist
VICE journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool continues to languish in pre-trial detention under terrorism charges that Amnesty’s Andrew Gardner has described as “unsubstantiated, outrageous and bizarre.” Meanwhile, we received word today that Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink has also been detained by Turkish … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Anti-terrorism, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Press, PKK, Turkey
Tagged Amnesty, Andrew Gardner, anti-terror laws, Frederike Geerdink, Freedom of Press, Kurds, Mohammad Ismael Rasool, PKK, Turkey, VICE News
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