Imprisoned Kurdish journalist says aim of detention is to silence him
The main motivation behind Abdurrahman Gök’s detention since April was his photographing of the police shooting of Kemal Kurkut during ...
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Belmarsh Tribunal convenes in US as Assange case spotlights press freedom
Leading journalists, lawyers and human rights activists will gather at the National Press Club in Washington DC on 9 December ...
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Turkey’s world-wide targeting of journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have both spoken out in recent weeks, advocating for ...
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Turkey imprisons four more journalists in September bringing total to 63: journalists’ association
The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) released its "September Report on Violations against Journalists" on Tuesday, revealing that the number ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan’s press freedom under scrutiny as US Consulate sounds warning
The United States Consulate General in Erbil (Hewlêr) has raised concerns about escalating challenges to press freedom in the Kurdistan ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan’s regional government slammed over press freedom as TV presenter arrested
International organisations have raised the alarm over the deteriorating state of press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) ...
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Syrian Kurdish media worker killed in Turkish drone strike: More casualties
https://twitter.com/1MedyaNews/status/1694952749815742570 A Turkish drone strike on Wednesday targeted a group of Kurdish journalists as they travelled between Qamishlo and Amuda ...
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Turkey’s crackdown on press continues: Five journalists detained (UPDATED)
*Updated at 18:30 (CET) The number of detained journalists in Turkey escalated to five on Tuesday, as journalist Evrim Deniz ...
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Kurdish journalists face communication restrictions in Turkey’s Diyarbakır Prison
Journalists arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır (Amed) during a wave of operations against pro-Kurdish circles ahead of the May elections ...
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Kurdish journalists conditionally freed after year in Turkish jail call for colleagues’ release
https://twitter.com/1MedyaNews/status/1679473248701132800 Fifteen Kurdish journalists released from a Turkish jail under judicial supervision on Wednesday after over a year in pre-trial ...
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