In this release, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) examines the persecution of Turkey’s journalists and media under the state of emergency proclaimed exactly six months ago today, and urges Turkey’s national assembly to repeal all the decree-laws that are incompatible with its constitution and its international obligations. In the increasingly arbitrary clampdown on media freedom during … Read more
Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Reporters Without Borders | Secretary General’s Readouts Remarks un.org – United Nations Web Services Section The Secretary-General met on Tuesday 21 June 2016 with Christophe Deloire, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Secretary-General commended RSF for its courageous and vital work to protect press freedom and freedom of … Read more
The Hackingteam Archives WikiLeaks – If you have any issues talk to WikiLeaks. We are the global experts in source protection – it is a complex field. Even those who mean well often do not have the experience or expertise to advise properly. This includes other media… The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team’s Spy Tools … Read more
A Turkish court decides to block hundreds of specific messages mostly written by journalists. Here is the news in Turkish and here is the court decision. Eren Keskin Sentenced to 10 Months Due to Article 301 Bianet :: English Human rights advocate Eren Keskin was sentenced to 10 months of prison due to Article 301, a … Read more
RWB condemns presence of ‘predators’ in Paris march, calls for solidarity with ‘all Charlies’ Reporters Without Borders – Jan 11 – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today‘s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but … Read more
The End of Turkey in Europe Freedom House – Nate Schenkkan – On December 17, 2013, Turkey woke up to mass police raids across the country. The chief executive of state-owned HalkBank was detained, and television stations showed shoeboxes stuffed with millions of American dollars pulled out from under his… Turkey’s politicians should not be let … Read more
Ruling AKP spokesman says PM Erdoğan?s call to media executive ?natural? Hüseyin Çelik has defended the PM Erdoğan, saying it was ‘natural’ for a prime minister to call media executives when facing ‘insults’ Turkish PM’s private call goes viral Secret recording of Turkish leader’s phone call goes viral Two Photos Describe Turkish Journalism Better Than Weighty … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GVInDRlYZA Journalists killed, bloggers imprisoned, censorship…, the overall level of freedom of information violations continues to be very high and the situation is still worrying in 2013 as proved by the annual round-up published on December 13th, 2013 by Reporters Without Borders. Reporters Without Borders and its agency BETC denounce this alarming observation with their … Read more
Turkish paper fires readers’ editor after refusing to publish his columns The veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar has been fired from the daily newspaper Sabah, where he was its readers’ editor, after two of his columns were rejected for publication. On the first occasion on 24 June, Baydar wrote a column that criticised the government’s handling … Read more
“Nişanyan’s Sentence Contradicts Secularism” Reporters Without Borders condemned Sevan Nişanyan?s conviction to 13.5 months of prison for insulting Prophet Mohammed and urged a dismissal in the appeals trial. Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish-Armenian writer?s blasphemy sentence RWB slammed the ruling issued against Sevan Nişanyan. *************** Father confesses to killing his own son in landmark homosexual … Read more
Anonymous Ve Anonimlik Vurgusu Anonymous yazı dizimize kaldığımız yerden devam ediyoruz. Konuğumuz Sosyal Kafa TV programından tanıdığımız Erkan Saka sosyalsosyal.com için bir yazdı; ‘Enemies of the internet’ named from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Belarus and Bahrain join Reporters Without Borders’ annual list of the countries with the most repressive policies against cyber-dissidents. … Read more
Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 The YouTube saga Much was written throughout Turkey in 2010 about the fate of the Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube. Blocked in Turkey since May 2008 because of … Read more
A very good comparative post: Freedom of speech in Turkey, 1994-2010 by istanbulnotes Last week?s release of the 2010 edition of the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index made for more uncomfortable Turkish reading. Turkey was placed in 138th position in a list of 175 countries, down from 99th position in 2002 when … Read more