Mesop Update on Turkey : FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & JOURNALISM
Trials: Barry White confirmed he will be going to Istanbul for the odaTV trial on the first of April and he will keep us in the loop (with a report afterwards).
· The Turkish union’s president informed us there is the KCK Diyarbakir case on the 14th of April (concerning two journalists who are still in jail: Ahmet Birsin (GünTV) and Tayip Temel (Azadiya Welat newspaper). The Turkish union (TGS) is willing to help any EFJ observer. So, is anybody interested to go and observe? Please let us know.
· Nadezhda will be in Istanbul for the hearing of the KCK press trial, the 5th of May, as I’ve already communicated before.
Press releases
· EFJ concerned by judicial double standards for journalists trials in Turkey (Press release by EFJ; Article by Hurriyet)
· Twitter:
o IFJ/EFJ Condemn Twitter Blackout in Turkey (Press release by EFJ).
o CPJ condemns Twitter ban in Turkey (Press release by Committee to Protect Journalists).
o Turkey’s Twitter ban condemned — even by nation’s own president (Article by CNN).
o Turkey’s Twitter ban sparks outrage, Google refuses to block YouTube videos. (Article by RT News).
o Turkey steps up bid to block Twitter after users flout ban. (Article by the Guardian).
o US on Turkey’s Twitter ban: More tweets than before (Article by Hurriyet).
· The Danish union of Journalists is trying to increase pressure to the Danish Government by publishing a chronicle in the largest Danish newspaper, Politike. This is called: “Denmark fails Füsun Erdogan”. See attached.
Reports
· Freedom House issued their annual report “Freedom in the World 2014”). You can also have a look at the situation per country. Here’s the report for Turkey.
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