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Ali Ergin Demirhan is the editor-in-chief of sendika.org and the weekly newspaper "Halkın Sesi" that are critical of the Turkish government. Following the referendum in April 2017 he was arrested. The ECPMF is supporting his legal defence.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
They came for him at dawn. On April 20th, 2017 at 5.45 a.m., Turkish police raided Ali Ergin Demirhan’s office and apartment. They seized his computer and cellphone, and took him into custody on charges of "organising protests on social media accounts in attempt to make the referendum results look illegitimate". He was also accused of "inciting people to hatred and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Beyond Google and Facebook: EYA17 Digital Expert Forum – Digital Excellence for Social Impact to be selected in Prishtina, Kosovo. From September 28-30, 25 international Grand Jury Experts will pick the #EYA17 Winners – Europe’s most outstanding digital, social change-maker projects – in Prishtina, Kosovo. What’s more, they will share their knowledge and […]
The post #EYA17 Winners announced during Digital Expert Forum appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
By Jane Whyatt
From a prison cell in Azerbaijan to a multi-award-winning journalist, Ms Ismayilova has come a long way. The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter was jailed for seven and a half years after using the Panama Papers leaks to identify corrupt practices in her country’s government. The investigation became known as the 'Azerbijani Laundromat' since it details a complicated money laundering scheme.
Khadija Ismayililova (picture: Aziz Karimov, Khadija Ismayilova, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ismayilova was accused in unrelated cases of inciting a suicide attempt, of various tax and fraud offences and of criminal libel. During their efforts to create a case against her, the secret…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Jessica Jacques
A Turkish court has ruled to release "Cumhuriyet" journalist Kadri Gürsel pending trial on October 31st 2017. This is a small win in the long battle for the freedom of the 17 Cumhuriyet journalists and executives. Four of them remain in custody.
Kadri Gürsel, Murat Sabuncu and Ahmet Sik in court (drawing by Sinan Taşçı)
More than 20 members of opposition groups including the Republican People’s Party and the Peoples’ Democratic Party were present at the trial. The former 'Cumhuriyet' Foundation deputy chairman Alev Coşkun spoke for the defence.
A.Engin: prosecutor feels no obligation to respond to statements, no interactions throughout procedures, keeps…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jessica Jacques
No machine-readable author provided. Mohylek assumed (based on copyright claims)., Logo trojki, CC BY-SA 3.0
The legal assistance and support offered by the ECPMF to three Polish journalists has produced a positive result. Two journalists, Wojciech Dorosz and Marcin Majchrowski, officially restarted their work at Polish Radio on Thursday 21st September after a settlement was reached in court.
Editors Dorosz and Majchrowski lost their positions without notice because they signed the now famous, ’’Letter of the 125,“ calling on the public broadcaster’s bosses to respect the principles of journalistic independence and integrity, as more and more critical journalists were…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Catalanian journalists suffer exceptional situation
By Jessica Jacques
Tensions are running high in the Spanish region of Catalonia, as plans for a referendum on independence are being challenged by the state authorities. Reports are also emerging of press freedom violations: Police confiscated the phone of a journalist who was reporting on a referendum event.
Officers raided numerous print works and newspaper offices in their search for referendum ballot papers. Albert Bete, a mayor in the region said, “they [the Spanish government] are stretching the limits of democracy”.
More than 300 members of the journalism community met on Thursday 21st September to protest against…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
For seven and a half months now, the German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel is held in solitary confinement in a Turkish prison. In a very personal interview his wife Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel talks about her visits, letters to her husband and her outlook for the future.
Happy days. Dilek and Deniz Yücel before the journalist was jailed.
Is Deniz Yücel still in solitary confinement? What are the effects on him?
Yes he is. Our requests for him to be allowed to share the cell or be transferred to a ward have been denied. They cite “security and order” as the reason for this denial.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Ossigeno’s review. Last news about attacks and violations of freedom of the press in Italy and other countries and about initiatives to tackle the issue Press Freedom Under Threat. OSSIGENO at Ghent University. October 10 Ossigeno organize an international seminar with students and journalists about tools to monitor attacks against media and operators ECPMF’s conference
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Emil Weber
The Fifth Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) backed on Thursday a domestic German judge for barring the media from publishing the identifiable photograph of a man who was alleged to have murdered his parents unless he was proved guilty.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg
A 28 year old was arrested in 2010 and was charged with "killing his parents, dismembering their bodies, burning some of the parts, flushing others down the toilet and disposing of the rest by putting them in barrels". He had admitted the crime and several regional newspapers…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
An open letter from Henrik Kaufholz, ECPMF Chairman, to all parliamentarians in the Council of Europe
Azerbaijan’s human rights record is shameful. Europe’s elected representatives should insist on improvements before ANY further co-operation is proposed or deals are signed with Azerbaijan - by individuals, state-backed companies, nations or European institutions.
Azerbaijan’s human rights record is shameful
Investigative reporters working on the ’Laundromat’ money-laundering scandal have already revealed that at least two elected European politicans were involved in trying to whitewash that shameful record.
At the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom we are working hard to defend the rights of Azerbaijani journalists who – even in exile –…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
