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Kurdish daily shut down and journalists houses raided in Turkey

Brussels, 17 August 2016- Özgur Gundem is the latest opposition newspaper in Turkey to be forcibly shut down following the crackdown on media in the...

Turkish newspaper closed, journalists detained in police raid

New York, August 16, 2016 - Turkish authorities should immediately drop all charges against the country's oldest pro-Kurdish daily newspaper, Özgür Gündem, and its...

Hungary: Police Investigate OCCRP Partner for “Harrassment”

Hungarian police have launched a criminal investigation into Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) partner Direkt36 after a politician accused the news organization...

Serbia: RTV Vojvodina Journalist Resignes due to Censorship

Because of “censorship” that has been carried out on the Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) for the past three months, RTV journalist Sanja Kljajić, one of...

Journalism is Not a Crime: Romanian journalists support their Turkish colleagues

"Journalism is not a crime" - was the message that Romanian journalists conveyed to the Turkish ambassador in Bucharest, during the meeting on Tuesday,...

“Media: when oligarchs go shopping” – RSF’s latest report

It was in Russia that the word “oligarchs” was first used to denote very rich businessmen. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has adopted the term...

OSCE Rep. condemns incidents directed at journalists and independent voices in Bosnia and Herzegovina

VIENNA, 29 July 2016 – Continuing intimidation and violence against journalists and independent voices is unacceptable and could further weaken media freedom and freedom...

Turkey: Journalists are forced into self-censorship because they are afraid of imprisonment

Interview with the President of the Journalist Union of Turkey “Protecting freedom of press also means defending the public’s right of access to information. In...

Turkey: 131 Media Outlets Closed by Statutory Decree

Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio channels, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines, 29 publishing houses and distribution channels have been closed. 131 media organs...

Turkey: EU must hold Turkish President accountable for press freedom violations

Brussels, 27 July 2016- As arrests of journalists and media closure continue, the International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) call on the European...
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