Tag: arrested journalists
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A ‘photo plot’ targeting photojournalists: TGS chair comments on latest arrests in Turkey
In the protests that started with the detention and arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 10 journalists were detained and 7 of them have been arrested so far. Naturally, a question may come to mind, “While there are hundreds of people who have been unjustly and unlawfully arrested, do you only worry about
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16 journalists arrested in Turkey as parliament commission approves “disinformation bill”
On one of the darkest days for press freedom in Turkey’s recent history, 16 Kurdish journalists have been arrested while a parliamentary commission has approved the “disinformation bill”. The arrests and the bill are blasted by local and international journalism associations as the Turkish government’s latest attempts at censorship. A Turkish court imprisoned pending trial