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In Poland, critical press hit by loss of state advertising

Zur deutschen Version Opening a recent issue of Gazeta Polska, a Polish right-wing weekly, readers find a page advertising a lottery programme funded by oil company PKN Orlen, in which the Polish state has the largest stake. A few pages later, there is a full-page advertisement for PWPW, a state-owned company that issues official documents […]

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Turkey journalists on trial for report on Erdogan holiday

Trial starts on Tuesday in Istanbul for four journalists and executives from independent daily Sözcü who were targeted for arrest in May on charges that the paper’s July 15, 2016 report on where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was vacationing showed complicity in the coup attempt that broke out that night. Izmir correspondent Gökmen Ulu, online […]

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IDEI: 71 journalist deaths so far this year

At least 42 journalists around the world have lost their lives this year thus far as a consequence of their work, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today to mark the annual International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on Nov. 2. IPI’s Death Watch, which since 1997 has tallied journalists deliberately targeted […]

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IPI Executive Board chair in Turkey to support Cumhuriyet

IPI Executive Board Chair John Yearwood was in Turkey today to show solidarity with independent daily newspaper Cumhuriyet and with journalists and administrators from the paper who are currently on trial over accusations that the paper’s reporting lent support to terrorists. Yearwood visited the newspaper’s offices in Istanbul, where he met with senior editors and […]

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