CPJ’s answers to critics on Turkey report… Hunger strikes at a critical state… EFD Rights Watch…

Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. – Blog – Committee to Protect Journalists Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director Last week’s release of CPJ’s report on Turkey’s press freedom crisis generated widespread domestic media coverage and sparked a robust public debate. The response from Turkish journalists … Read more

Bayram gift from CPJ to Turkish government: “Turkey?s Press Freedom Crisis”

Turkey accused of pursuing campaign of intimidation against media from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall Two independent reports have found evidence of a pattern of harassment against writers and broadcasters Ankara is pursuing a systematic campaign of intimidation against the Turkish media, including the prosecution and jailing of writers, and demands for … Read more

Erkan quoted here: “Discarding Reform, Turkey Uses the Law to Repress [there is also the Turkish version]

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Turkey’s Legal Problem Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, buoyed by a landslide election victory, has led an attack on press freedom. (AP/Boris Grdanoski)   With the aid of anachronistic legislation and a rigid judiciary, Turkish officials and politicians have curbed free expression by subjecting journalists to endless court … Read more

Erkan also quoted in CPJ special report: “Imprisonments jump worldwide, and Iran is worst”

Imprisonments jump worldwide, and Iran is worst Stark regional differences are seen as jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa. Dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report   Behind a wall of police, Turkish writer Ahmet Şik arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul to face … Read more