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‘Şüpheli’ ihbar maili gazeteci Taşkın’ın tutuklanmasına sebep gösterildi

Read in English Mezopotomya Ajansı muhabiri Seda (Seher) Taşkın, Doğu Anadolu’dan yaptığı haberler sebebiyle altı ayı aşkın bir süredir cezaevinde tutuklu bulunuyor. Tutuklu yargılanan Taşkın, 2 Temmuz 2018’de yazdığı makale ve haberler delil gösterilerek açılan davanın ikinci duruşmasına çıktı. Taşkın, 23 Ocak 2018’de Ankara’daki evine yapılan polis baskınında “terör örgütü üyeliği” ve “terör propagandası yapma” […]

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Journalist under police protection killed in Mexico

Lea esta noticia en español. The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed its deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of journalist Francisco Romero whose body was found on Thursday, May 16, with multiple contusions and gunshot wounds in the town of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The murder of Romero, a crime reporter for newspapers Playa […]

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Cambodia media stifled ahead of elections

The collapse of press freedom began in Cambodia a little less than a year ago, as Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) took the first steps to secure their victory in the 2018 general election this Sunday. Using tax laws and other legal instruments, the government has effectively silenced the country’s […]

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Turkey’s Nedim Türfent: 800 days behind bars

Today marks the 800th day of Turkish-Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent’s incarceration. Türfent, a photojournalist with the now-shuttered Dicle News Agency, was arrested on May 12, 2016 following his journalistic coverage of a Turkish military operation against a group of Kurdish workers.

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