Rebecca Harms

Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments in der Grünen/EFA Fraktion 2004-2019

freedom of press

#world press freedom day 30 | 04 | 2019
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Rebecca Harms for trial monitoring in Turkey 1 May - 4 May 2019  

Rebecca Harms, Member of the European Parliament, will travel to Istanbul on 2 May to observe the trial of cameraman Kemal Demir and co-worker Kemal Karagöz.   >>
#freedom of press 26 | 04 | 2019
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Rebecca Harms criticising return to prison of Cumhuriyet journalists  

In Turkey, six former employees of the newspaper "Cumhuriyet" (Musa Kart, Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Emreİper, Hakan Kara, Önder Çelik and Güray Öz) have to go back to prison after a failed appeal.   >>
#freedom of press 05 | 03 | 2019

Second round of I Subscribe campaign for Turkey media open  

The International Press Institute (IPI) and several other leading press freedom organizations launched the second round of the international 'I subscribe' campaign, which encourages reader subscriptions to benefit independent newspapers in Turkey.   >>
#democracy and freedom watch 07 | 09 | 2018 Link

German MEP voices solidarity to Georgia’s embattled university  

German politician and MEP from Germany has expressed her solidarity to an embattled university in Georgia, which is under fire for its alleged links to U.S.-based Turkish cleric and a personal foe of President Erdogan .   >>
#democracy freedom watch 07 | 09 | 2018 Link

German MEP voices solidarity to Georgia’s embattled university  

German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany has expressed her solidarity to an embattled university in Georgia, which is under fire for its alleged links to U.S.-based Turkish cleric and a personal foe of President Erdogan.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 06 | 09 | 2018 Link

EU, EP, NGOs call on Moldova to respect rule of law, stop illegal deportation of 7 Turkish nationals  

European Union officials, European Parliament (EP) members and human rights organizations have called on the Moldovan government to respect the rule of law and stop the deportation of seven Turkish teachers working for a chain of private high schools who were detained by agents of the Moldovan and Turkish intelligence services on Thursday as part of the Turkish government’s global witch hunt against alleged members of the Gülen movement.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 27 | 07 | 2018 Link

Ukrainian prosecutor’s office: No extradition request for Turkish journalist Erdogdu  

Ten days after a list of extraditions appeared in the local media, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated that they had not received a request from Turkey for the extradition of Yunus Erdoğdu, a Turkish journalist.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 23 | 07 | 2018 Link

Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media  

Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 19 | 07 | 2018 Link

34 MEPs ask Erdoğan to protect rights, freedoms after end of state of emergency in Turkey  

Marietje Schaake, a MEP from the Netherlands and part of ALDE, on Wednesday sent a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cosigned by 34 MEPs from across the political spectrum urging him to improve the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms following the termination of a two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey.   >>
#international press institute 17 | 07 | 2018 Link

Key MEPs join IPI letter to Erdoğan over journalist lists  

President urged to protect journalist safety after two threatening lists emerge.   >>
#open democracy 15 | 07 | 2018 Link

Khayrullo Mirsaidov: the journalist from Tajikistan who received 12 years in prison for his honesty and courage   

The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these principles to fend for themselves.   >>
#freedom of the press 05 | 06 | 2018
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I Subscribe – to support independent journalism in Turkey  

A coalition of freedom of expression organizations led by the International Press Institute (IPI) launched today the "I Subscribe" campaign for independent journalism in Turkey.   >>
#kyiv pride 05 | 06 | 2018

Open Letter to Ukrainian Authorities in support of Ukraine's LGBTI Community  

The Kyiv Pride will be taking place on June 17th. Rebecca Harms, along with 34 other MEPs from different political groups and member states, co-signed a letter addressed to Ukrainian Officials,   >>
#turkey 24 | 10 | 2017
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Turkey: Authorities should release journalists unjustly detained  

Five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have committed to support journalists in detention.   >>
#azerbaijan 15 | 06 | 2017
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Rebecca Harms on the case of Afgan Mukhtarli and situation of media in Azerbaijan   

Rebecca Harms on the case of Afgan Mukhtarli and situation of media in Azerbaijan   >>
#turkey 27 | 11 | 2015
Pressemitteilung

Turkey: Freedom of speech and press strategically violated  

The newspaper Cumhüriyet's editor-in-chief Can Dünar and Ankara Representative   >>
#press briefing 11 | 12 | 2012
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Press Briefing vom 11. Dezember 2012  

Press Briefing mit den Fraktionsvorsitzenden der Fraktion der Grünen/EFA Rebecca Harms und Dany Cohn-Bendit zu den Themen der Plenarwoche in Straßburg: EU-Gipfel / Zukunft EMU, Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises an die EU, Weltklimakonferenz in Doha, EU-Haushalt, Europäisches Patent, Flughafenpaket, Tiertransporte.   >>
#press briefing 18 | 04 | 2012
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Press Briefing vom 18.04.12  

Press Briefing mit den Fraktionsvorsitzenden der Fraktion der Grünen/EFA Rebecca Harms und Dany Cohn-Bendit zu den Themen der Plenarwoche in Straßburg: Fluggastdatenspeicherung, Diesel-Besteuerung und das Dauerthema Eurokrise.   >>
#press briefing 14 | 03 | 2012
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Press Briefing vom 13.03.12  

Press Briefing mit den Fraktionsvorsitzenden der Fraktion der Grünen/EFA Rebecca Harms und Dany Cohn-Bendit zu den Themen der Plenarwoche in Straßburg: Sarkozys Wahlkampftricks, Anti-Osteuropa-Website des niederländischen Rechtspopulisten Geert Wilders, wettbewerbsfähige CO2-arme Wirtschaft bis 2050, Russland, ACTA.   >>
#press briefing 24 | 11 | 2010
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Press Briefing vom 23.11.2010  

Press Briefing mit Rebecca Harms und Dany Cohn-Bendit zur Plenartagung in Straßburg in der Woche vom 22.-25.11.2010. Themen der Woche: Irland-Krise, EU-Haushalt 2011 und zur Vergabe des diesjährigen Friedensnobelpreises.   >>
#press briefing 20 | 10 | 2010
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Press Briefing vom 19.10.10  

Press Briefing mit Rebecca Harms und Dany Cohn-Bendit zur Plenartagung in Straßburg in der Woche vom 18.10. - 22.10.10. Themen der Woche: Sakharov-Preis, EU-Haushalt 2011, EU-Richtlinie zum Mutterschutz, Giftschlamm-Unfall und mangelnde Pressefreiheit in Ungarn.   >>