Cumhuriyet Reporter Ahmet Şık delivered his defence statement on July 26, 2017, the third day of the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the paper. But rather than a traditional defence against the charge he faces, Şık, who has been held in Turkey’s Silivri Prison since the beginning of this year, delivered a blistering […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), together with other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists, today continued observing the trial against journalists and staff of Turkey’s last major critical newspaper. Extremely important solidarity in Istanbul for #pressfreedom #cumhuriyet17 @EFJEUROPE @ECPMF https://t.co/6CnRTRxidn — Mogens B. Bjerregård (@mogensbb) July 25, 2017 This morning, international […]

Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu delivered his defence statement on July 25, 2017, the second day of the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the paper. Sabuncu was scheduled to speak on July 24, but his testimony was delayed by a day after gendarmes at the Silivri Prison, where he has been held since October […]

A longtime journalist, Nadezhda Azhgikhina is the former executive secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists and currently vice president of the European Federation of Journalists. With support from organizations such as UNESCO, UN WOMEN and the OSCE, she has coordinated numerous international projects relating to press freedom and gender and cultural rights. She recently […]