Search results for "Mehmet Altan"

Turkey: Whitewashing the police, one sentence at a time

 Reporter Seda Taşkın, who works for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, was sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison after a court in Turkey turned a blind eye to the police and the prosecutor’s dubious use of the law.
2018-11-14

European Court of Human Rights is failing Turkey’s endangered freedom of expression

 “My scream for justice has faded away in a bottomless pit”
2018-05-22

Turkey’s judicial system: Under the government’s thumb

 In the wake of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt, Turkey has become a “de facto permanent” emergency regime. The state of emergency, which has been extended six times, has become a convenient pretext for the government to crack down on freedom of expression.
2018-04-25

Mapping Media Freedom annual report 2017
2018-03-16

Turkey’s journalists have sacrificed their freedom in the pursuit of truth

 Recent developments in Turkey, once seen as a role model of the Muslim world, have shown that concepts such as the rule of law and right to free speech are no longer welcome by the Erdogan government
2018-02-28

Free expression organisations intervene on cases of detained Turkish journalists

 Index on Censorship joins free expression organisations intervening before the European Court of Human Rights on cases of detained journalists in Turkey
2017-10-27

Index condemns arrest of Amnesty International Turkey director

 Index condemns the arrest of Idil Eser, director of Amnesty International Turkey, and demands her immediate and unconditional release
2017-07-06

Mapping Media Freedom: Turkey continues to use judicial harassment as a means to silence journalists

 Throughout June, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project has recorded a number of violations in Turkey, which is now the biggest jailer of journalists in the world.
2017-06-27

Türkiye: İnsan hakları  örgütleri, darbeye katılmakla suçlanan gazetecilerin davasını takip edecek
2017-06-16

Turkey: Rights groups to monitor criminal trial against journalists accused of participating in coup

 Index on Censorship is joining a mission to Turkey to observe the first hearing in a trial concerning 17 defendants, including a number of journalists, accused of participating in the failed 2016 coup.
2017-06-16

Turkey: UN should address continuous deterioration of free expression and other human rights

 Following the coup attempt on 15 July 2016, the Turkish authorities have pursued an unprecedented crackdown against perceived critics and opponents
2017-05-16

Turkey’s deteriorating freedom of expression and media freedom

 Index on Censorship, PEN International, ARTICLE 19 and 65 organisations are deeply concerned by the continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
2017-03-15