Committee to Protect Journalists
Turkish president asked Sweden to deport exiled journalist Bülent Keneş: Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists
In response to news reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked
In Greece, reporters’ killings unsolved, critical journalists complain of growing threats: A Mission by Committee to Protect Journalists
By Attila Mong*, CPJ In Greece, two unsolved journalist killings over the last 12 years as well
Turkish police arrest journalist
Istanbul, February 16, 2016 — Turkish authorities should immediately release Feyyaz İmrak, a correspondent for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Turkish journalist arrested for posts on social media
Istanbul, February 8, 2016–Turkish authorities should immediately release Hayri Tunç, a reporter for the independent news website Jiyan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
CPJ concerned for safety of injured journalist trapped in Turkish city
New York, February 4, 2016—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Rohat Aktaş, a news editor and reporter for the Kurdish-language daily Azadiya Welat, who has been trapped in the southeastern town of Cizre with a gunshot wound since January 22.
CPJ: “EU must stop its double standards with Turkey”
The Committee to Protect Journalists will take part in a joint press conference on Turkey’s press freedom record, alongside Reporters Without Borders and the European Federation of Journalists. The press conference, “EU must stop its double standards with Turkey,” will be held in Brussels on December 15, 2015.
Journalists honored for courageous reporting
New York, November 25, 2015–Journalists from Ethiopia, Malaysia, Paraguay, and Syria were honored Tuesday night at the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 25th annual International Press Freedom Awards for courageous work amid risks such as physical attack, imprisonment, exile, and murder.
CPJ condemns Turkish raids, takeover of critical Koza İpek news outlets
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns this week’s raids on several pro-opposition media outlets belonging to the Koza İpek Group. Police broke into the company’s building in Istanbul today and shut down live television broadcasts, two days after a Turkish court ordered the trustees of the privately owned company to be replaced, according to reports.
James Foley – a journalist’s journalist
By Robert Mahoney/CPJ Deputy Director Amid the tributes and war stories that followed the brutal beheading of James Foley this week, one memory from a fellow hostage shone a light on a side of his character that his audience might not have seen: his empathy not only for the people he covered but also for […]
Turkish courts release eight journalists in two days
New York, March 27, 2014—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release this week of at least eight imprisoned journalists in Turkey, but calls on Turkish authorities to scrap the charges against them and release all of the journalists jailed in the country.