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Turkey must allow supporters to meet with imprisoned journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül

Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit pair jailed for their reporting, call for their release

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2016-01-27 14:28

Drop All Charges Against Moroccan Journalist Ali Anouzla – Let Him Go Free, Once and For All

Human rights and freedom of expression groups, amongst them WAN-IFRA, are calling on the Moroccan authorities to drop all charges against journalist and editor Ali Anouzla and to end their judicial pursuit of him and his news publication.

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2016-01-20 22:23

Release Journalists Somaru Nag and Santosh Yadav

WAN-IFRA joined international freedom of expression groups in denouncing the continued detention journalists journalists Somaru Nag and Santosh Yadav in Chhattisgarh, India.

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2016-01-20 17:40

WAN-IFRA Board Press Freedom Resolution - Turkey

The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting in Paris on 12th December 2015, calls for renewed global solidarity with the Turkish press in the wake of continuing attacks and the government’s hard-line stance against independent, free media.

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2015-12-12 15:08

WAN-IFRA joins international appeal for release of ​Cumhuriyet journalists

WAN-IFRA has joined signatories of an appeal organised by RSF in accusing the Turkish authorities of “persecuting journalists of all colours in an increasingly ferocious manner” and urges them “to free Can Dündar and Erdem Gül without delay."

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Andrew Heslop

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2015-12-01 13:48

Protest Campaign - Turkey, 29 October 2015

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Andrew Heslop

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2015-10-30 01:32

International Editors Stand in Solidarity with Turkish Colleagues

More than 50 leading international media editors have written an open letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raising profound concerns about the deteriorating conditions for press freedom in Turkey in the run up to the elections this weekend.

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2015-10-29 15:54

"A Dark Day" for Turkish Press Freedom

Turkish media organisation İpek Media Group was forcibly put into receivership last night upon the ruling of an Ankara court that ordered trustees be appointed to replace the existing board of directors. It comes as no surprise to those closely watching the deteriorating press freedom situation in Turkey that prominent pro-government supporters have reportedly been selected to take charge of the company.

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2015-10-27 15:46

World’s Press Condemns Attack on Journalist and Denounces Assault on Press Freedom in Turkey

WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have condemned a violent assault on a journalist as well as a series of attacks against Daily Hürriyet, just the latest in a string of recent assaults on press freedom in Turkey.

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Andrew Heslop

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2015-10-02 16:40

Protest Campaign - Turkey, 2 October 2015

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2015-10-02 15:52

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