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Turkey
Prosecutors say report targeting journalists is free speech, no need for investigation
Turkish prosecutors have found no reason to investigate a controversial report compiled by a pro-government think tank examining foreign news…
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World
Moscow police arrest more than 1,300 at Election Protest
Lines of riot police officers in body armor and helmets blocked the streets of central Moscow on Saturday, arresting more…
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Turkey
Radio station cancels show after Turkey’s ex-prime minister is interviewed
A radio show by journalists Yavuz Oghan, Akif Beki and Ismail Saymaz was canceled by Radyo Sputnik a day after…
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World
RSF highlights journalist’s plight in Turkey with Washington Post ad
International press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) placed a full-page ad in The Washington Post on Wednesday to raise…
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Ukraine
President of Ukraine started a meeting with the Prime Minister of Moldova
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy started a meeting with Prime Minister of Moldova Maia Sandu who is on a working…
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Turkey
Journalist convicted of Gülen links, released pending appeal
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced veteran journalist Mehmet Gündem to six years, 10 months, 15 days…
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Turkey
Professional associations, unions denounce pro-gov’t think tank report profiling journalists
Turkish journalist associations and unions held a press conference on Tuesday, denouncing a pro-government think tank report profiling journalists working…
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Turkey
Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in the first half of 2019
The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287…
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Media Freedom
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of June 16, 2019
Yavuz Selim Demirağ, a columnist for the nationalist daily Yeni Çağ who was attacked by a group of men who…
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Media Freedom
In wake of Christchurch, tech regulation in EU and Australia risks restricting journalism
Terrorism has gone viral. The livestreaming on Facebook of the March attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that…
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