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HRW report: One-fifth of Turkey’s prison population jailed on terrorism charges

Close to one-fifth of the total prison population in Turkey has been charged with or convicted of terrorism offenses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...

112 journalists given various jail sentences in Turkey in 2018

A total of 520 journalists appeared in court in 2018, and 112 of them were given jail sentences of varying durations including aggravated life,...

Turkey changes criteria to acquire press card, makes cancellations easier

A new regulation that resets the criteria for journalists to acquire press cards in Turkey was published in the Official Gazette on Friday in...

HRW calls on Germany to raise human rights violations with Erdoğan

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan begins a two-day visit to Germany, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela...

Report: 228,000 people arrested since 2016 coup attempt in Turkey

As the Turkish government prepares to end a long-running state of emergency on Wednesday, a report by Bianet reveals that 134,144 people were dismissed...

Protestors call for release of jailed Turkish journalists as Erdoğan set to meet May

Dozens of demonstrators including representatives of international nongovernmental organizations gathered at Downing Street on Tuesday calling for the release of more than 200 journalists...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release Zaman journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...

Prosecutor files new charges against 4 Zaman journalists

A prosecutor has filed new charges against four journalists who worked for the Zaman newspaper, which was seized on March 4, 2016 and then...

Jailed journalist Baransu says, he only wrote on whatever Turkey was talking about

Former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015, has said what he did was only to engage in his profession...

French, Int’l organizations express solidarity with jailed Turkish journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), National Journalists Union (SNJ) and CFDT-Journalists voiced concern for journalists jailed in Turkey and expressed solidarity with them...

Cumhuriyet’s Atalay: Happiness impossible while many still in prison

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, who was released from pretrial detention last night, said he would be ashamed to be happy...

Harms calls on ECtHR to immediately process Sabuncu, Şik complaints

Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Thursday called on the European Court of...

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