By Attila Mong*, CPJ In Greece, two unsolved journalist killings over the last 12 years as well
Ποτέ άλλοτε ο αριθμός των δημοσιογράφων που βρίσκονται στις φυλακές σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα
Ο Γενικός Γραμματέας του Οργανισμού Ηνωμένων Εθνών, Μπαν Γκι-μουν, δήλωσε “βαθιά απογοητευμένος” για την απόφαση να απορριφθεί το αίτημα της οργάνωσης Επιτροπή για την Προστασία των Δημοσιογράφων (CPJ) να της δοθεί διαπίστευση μη κυβερνητικής οργάνωσης-συμβούλου των Ηνωμένων Εθνών.
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.
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.
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.
New York, December 27, 2015–Naji Jerf, editor-in-chief of the independent monthly Hentah and the maker of documentary films on the militant group Islamic State, was shot and killed in broad daylight today by unknown assailants with a silenced pistol in front of a building that houses Syrian opposition news outlets in downtown Gaziantep, Turkey, near […]
December 22, 2015—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkey to end its crackdown on the press. Since the release of CPJ’s annual prison census, three journalists working for pro-Kurdish outlets have been arrested in Turkey on terror accusations, according to news Reports.
Brussels, December 15, 2015–The European Union must not allow the challenges of the refugee crisis to deter it from confronting Turkey about its poor press freedom record, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and the European Federation of Journalists said at a joint press conference today at the Press Club Brussels Europe.
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.