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World Association of News Publishers

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"Return Freedom of Expression to the Press in Turkey"

As part of a day of global action on 3 May to protest the on-going deterioration of freedom of expression in Turkey, WAN-IFRA joined IFEX, the global network comprising 108 organisations dedicated to promoting and defending freedom of expression, to raise a collective voice to the attention of Turkish diplomatic missions worldwide.

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2017-04-28 13:39

Media, Our Best Hope On World Press Freedom Day

Pressures on journalists and media organisations are designed to reduce transparency and accountability in society. Usually it means powerful interests have something to hide from public view. Ultimately, media need to do more to convince public opinion that such targeting is an attack on common values and will not be tolerated.

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2017-04-28 13:28

International Coalition Calls on Bahrain to Stop Targeting Journalists

WAN-IFRA has joined international media and human rights organisations in condemning on-going attacks on journalists in Bahrain. On 23 April, the court of appeals will hold another hearing for Sayed Ahmed Salman al-Mousawi, an internationally-renowned photographer, who was arrested more than three years ago for alleged terrorist activities.

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2017-04-20 19:20

World’s Press Condemns Arrest of Die Welt Correspondent Deniz Yücel in Turkey, Calls for his Immediate Release

WAN-IFRA has called for the immediate release of Deniz Yücel, a dual national Turkish-German journalist for Die Welt, who has been arrested in Turkey on charges of spreading “propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation” and “inciting the public to violence”.

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2017-03-06 11:43

www.ProtectOurJournalists.org

"On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, we appeal for your support and endorsement in our latest campaign to prioritise the safety of journalists - an issue we know is of deep concern to you all."

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2016-04-29 16:22

Protest Campaign - Nepal, 26 April 2016

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2016-04-26 13:40

Turkey should drop criminal charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül

Leading international free expression and press freedom groups, including WAN-IFRA, condemn politically motivated trial.

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2016-03-24 19:10

Turkey should drop criminal charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül

Leading international free expression and press freedom groups, including WAN-IFRA, condemn politically motivated trial.

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2016-03-24 19:10

The Gambia must release journalist detained in violation of African Court ruling

WAN-IFRA joined with African and international free expression organisations to urge the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) to demand the release of Gambian journalist Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay, detained in violation of a 2014 ACHPR ruling that condemns imprisonment for defamation.

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2016-03-03 12:19

Rights groups and cartoonists ask Iranian President Rouhani to help free artist Atena Farghadani

WAN-IFRA and global freedom of expression organisations have written to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free cartoonist Atena Faraghdani who is in prison for publishing a symbolic cartoon online. Atena has been sentenced to 12 years 9 months in prison, awaiting final verdict from the court of appeal.

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2016-02-26 18:05

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