UK: Journalists urge Turkish ambassador to restore human rights
by ECPMFAs more than 70 journalists continue to be detained under the state of emergency, national and international journalists’trade union leaders have made an official delegation to the Turkish ambassador in London. They carried the banners of the media freedom campaign: ’Journalism is not a crime’
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One hundred and one media organisations, including three news agencies, 16 television channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses have been closed down by government decree as President Erdogan cracks down on critical media following an apparent military coup attempt last month.
The National Union…
