The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a decision by Serbia’s interior ministry granting Belgian reporter Philippe Bertinchamps a residence permit after previously denying Bertinchamps’s application on spurious “public order” grounds. According to reports, Bertinchamps, who has lived and reported from Belgrade as a correspondent for French-speaking media for many years, was threatened with expulsion […]

Yesterday, IPI quoted the academic and journalist Mehmet Altan from his defence statement given on Tuesday when he said, “If the rule of law were upheld, I would not have gone through any of what I am going through. I am here because the rule of law has been destroyed.” Today, with six aggravated life sentences […]

Read in English. Mahkeme bugün, 15 Temmuz 2016 darbe girişiminde rol oynadıkları iddiasıyla terör suçlamalarıyla yargılanan beşi gazeteci ve medya çalışanı altı sanığı ağırlaştırılmış müebbet cezasına çarptırdı. Uluslararası Basın Enstitüsü (IPI), gazetecilere yönelik darbe girişiminden açılan davalar arasında karara bağlanan ilk davada verilen hükmü şiddetle kınıyor, ve ifade özgürlüğü ve adil yargılanma hakkının ağır bir […]

Türkçe için tıklayınız. Turkish court today sentenced six defendants, five of them journalists and media workers, to life in prison over terrorism charges for allegedly having played a role in the failed coup of July 15, 2016. International Press Institute (IPI) condemned the verdicts – the first time journalists in Turkey have been convicted in […]