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Nedim Türfent: Bir gazeteci davası, onlarca hukuksuzluk

Read in English Kürt gazeteci Nedim Türfent son iki yılını cezaevinde tek kişilik bir hücrede geçirdi. Suçu ise ‘gazetecilik’. Evrensel gazetesi editörü Meltem Akyol, Uluslararası Basın Enstitüsü için yazdı.

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#IJ4EU: Forbidden Stories continues the work Daphne couldn’t

Just over a year ago, Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bombing outside her home. But the murder did not stop coverage of issues Caruana Galizia had been examining, including corruption, oil smuggling and money laundering in Malta. Instead, it gave rise to the Daphne Project, which brings together journalists […]

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Nedim Türfent: One trial, countless injustices

Turkish-Kurdish photojournalist Nedim Türfent has spent two years in solitary confinement. His crime? Journalism. Meltem Akyol, an editor with Turkey’s independent Evrensel newspaper, reports for the International Press Institute (IPI).

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Kazakhstan should drop ‘false information’ case against critical media outlets

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a criminal investigation against the Kazakh investigative news site Ratel.kz and the magazine Forbes Kazakhstan for allegedly spreading “false information”. In addition, IPI urged Kazakhstan to stop the blocking of Ratel.kz and its social media channels. On April 2, 2018, police raided the offices of Forbes Kazakhstan and […]

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