Support for Turkish journalists in jail and under curfew
Leading academics from Hong Kong, New Zealand, Mozambique and the USA have written to Turkey’s Prime Minister demanding the release of jailed journalist Mehmet Haransu.
Mehmet Baransu (photo: Turgut Engin)
Haransu writes for the liberal national newspaper Taraf. He has been held for months without trial on the grounds that the charges are a matter of national security. In December 2015 he was fined the equivalent of 980 euros for allegedly insulting the president’s wife Emine Erdogan on Twitter.
We urge the Republic of Turkey to restore the credibility of its commitment to a democratic future. A first step in convincing…
