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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. >>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. >>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. >>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 . >>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. >>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. >>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. >>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 >>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. >>Key MEPs join IPI letter to Erdoğan over journalist lists
President urged to protect journalist safety after two threatening lists emerge. >>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. >>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. >>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: Authorities should release journalists unjustly detained
Five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have committed to support journalists in detention. >>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 >>
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