IPI urges Merkel, Macron to confront Turkey on press freedom

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IPI urges Merkel, Macron to confront Turkey on press freedom

Letters call on leaders to raise issue during meeting with Turkish president on Oct 27

Oct 25, 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2018. (EPA-EFE/Clemens Bilan)

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron requesting the two leaders to take a firm stance against the imprisonment, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Turkey.