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EFJ/IFJ call to drop all the charges against journalist Füsun Erdogan

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) together with the Journalists Union of Turkey (Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikasi –...

Austrian Kosovo* Media Freedom Day 2016 Marked in Pristina

Considering the very important role the media play in society, they need freedom and autonomy so that citizens are informed accurately and timely. This...

Turkey: Journalist Organizations Launch Campaign for Right to Information

İstanbul - BIA News Desk, 11 March 2016 Journalist organizations have launched a campaign to call for releasing the journalists in prison and declare demands...

Turkey: Constitutional Court Issues Reasoned Decision on Dündar, Gül

Istanbul, 10 March 2016 The Constitutional Court (AYM) has issued the reasoned version of its ruling of releasing Cumhuriyet daily’s Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and its...

Guidebook on Internet freedom issues in the OSCE region

VIENNA, 9 March 2016 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today presented a new guidebook outlining the major issues...

Turkey: Prison Term for Journalist İnce for Acrostic Defense

İstanbul - BIA News Desk 08 March 2016 BirGün columnist Barış İnce has been sentenced to 21 months of prison for his acrostic plea in...

Turkey: Gov’t takeover of critical media group draws international backlash

Ahead of the pending government-led takeover of the Zaman Media Group, international voices have stated their concerns over the impending implementation of trustees to...

OSCE Representative calls on Turkey to refrain from acts of intimidation against media, following appointment of trustees to run Zaman newspaper

VIENNA, 4 March 2016 – Appointing trustees to manage the Zaman daily newspaper is the latest in a string of measures initiated by the...

Serbia: Silence Over Anti-Corruption Council’s Report on State Advertising

The Anti-Corruption Council of the Government of Serbia, an advisory body, published in December 2015 the findings of yet another probe into key media...

European media freedom under attack

By Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, president of the European Federation of Journalists In Turkey, local journalists are being put in prison while foreign journalists are being deported. Meanwhile,...
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