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OSCE RFoM releases recommendations for countering online abuse of female journalists

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (OSCE RFoM), Dunja Mijatovic, has released a list of recommendations directed at OSCE states, media organisations and social media platforms for countering the online harassment and abuse of female journalists. The recommendations aim to combat a new form of silencing critical journalism that, paradoxically, has emerged from […]

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Röportaj: Nokta Dergisi Genel Yayın Yönetmeni polis baskınını anlatıyor

İstanbul polisi pazartesi günü Nokta dergisinin ofisine baskın yaptı ve derginin yeni sayısını toplattı.

Yetkililer, şehit cenazesi önünde gülerek ‘selfie’ çekerken gösterilen bir Erdoğan fotomontajını kapağında kullanan Nokta`yı, Cumhurbaşkanı’na hakaret ve terör örgütü propagandası yapmakla suçladı. Dergiden alınan bilgiye göre, savcılığın kapak fotoğrafının sosyal medyada yayınlanmasını takiben, birkaç saat içinde harekete geçtiği öğrenildi.

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Interview: Editor of Turkey’s Nokta magazine discusses police raid over Erdogan cover photo

Turkish authorities on Monday raided the offices of the magazine Nokta and seized copies of the publication’s 18th issue, which featured a mocked-up photo of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the cover.

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IPI launches new online media laws database

The International Press Institute (IPI) today launched a new online database aimed at cataloguing legal provisions affecting freedom of the press and expression on a country-by-country basis. The initial roll-out of the database features detailed information on defamation laws, parsed into 12 searchable categories, for countries in the European Union and the Caribbean, building on IPI’s […]

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