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Amnesty projects names of jailed journalists on Turkish Embassy building

Amnesty International on Tuesday night projected the names of imprisoned Turkish journalists onto the facade of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague. The protest came...

UN human rights commissioner says ‘climate of fear’ dominates Turkey

“A climate of fear” now reigns in Turkey, said UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday, expressing deep concern over the...

30 Zaman journalists to wait until Sept.18 for trial

An indictment that seeks three consecutive life sentences on coup charges for 30 individuals who include journalists and executives from the now-closed Zaman daily...

HRW calls on Turkey to release detained Italian writer

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Turkish authorities to release Italian writer Gabriele Del Grande, who was detained during a security check...

İstanbul court arrests 12 journalists

An İstanbul court has arrested 12 out of 13 journalists who were taken into custody on April 1 as part of an investigation into...

Turkish columnist faces life sentences for columns he didn’t write

Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist Orhan Kemal Cengiz is facing three consecutive life sentences on coup charges along with 29 other Zaman...

Journalists walk for jailed colleagues

On the 100th day of the detention of journalist Ahmet Şık, journalists and deputies on Sunday walked in İstanbul for the release of all...

Detention period extended another 7 days for 13 journalists

An İstanbul court has extended the period of detention for another seven days of 13 journalists who were taken into custody last week as...

Actor sentenced to 11 months in prison for sharing Erdoğan cartoon

Actor and columnist at Sol newspaper, Orhan Aydın was given suspended prison sentence of 11 months and 20 days for a cartoon he shared...

Turkey blocks access to 4 more opposition media outlets

Access to opposition news websites sendika.org, dihaber, ANF Türkçe and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi was blocked in Turkey by the government on Tuesday, news website Diken reported. The websites...

Turkish government detains journalist again 2 days after release

Former Zaman journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya has been taken into custody again two days after he was released from an-eight-month-long imprisonment. Zaman’s former local news representative...

SCF: Turkey locks up 228 journalists, a new world record

The number of journalists jailed in Turkey has reached 228, a new world record, as the massive crackdown on the free, independent and critical...

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