Month: November 2020
The countdown has begun for the Eurovision Competition: Voting starts tonight!
Art and Culture
November 27, 2020
The countdown has begun for the Eurovision Competition: Voting starts tonight!
This year marks Ukraine’s 15th participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Student of 9-C from the International School “Meridian”…
Journalist Yunus Erdogdu received death threats from unknown persons
Media Freedom
November 26, 2020
Journalist Yunus Erdogdu received death threats from unknown persons
Yunus Erdogdu, a journalist who published an article about Turkey’s arms trade in the Middle East and in other countries…
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkey
November 23, 2020
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declined to support the remarks of one of his aides who called for the…
Jailed journalist Baransu gets 17 years for report on MGK decision
Turkey
November 23, 2020
Jailed journalist Baransu gets 17 years for report on MGK decision
An İstanbul court has handed down a jail sentence of 17 years, one month to jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu…
20 pct of Israelis returning from Turkey test positive for coronavirus: report
World
November 23, 2020
20 pct of Israelis returning from Turkey test positive for coronavirus: report
Twenty out of every 100 Israelis who traveled to Turkey in October tested positive for COVID-19, putting Turkey in first…
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers, UN body says
World
November 19, 2020
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers, UN body says
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forceful transfer of six…
PEN Ukraine sends a letter of solidarity to Osman Kavala
Media Freedom
November 17, 2020
PEN Ukraine sends a letter of solidarity to Osman Kavala
PEN Ukraine President and novelist Andriy Kurkov has addressed a letter of solidarity to arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman…