Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Three journalists released pending trial, 11 others still imprisoned
The journalists had their first court hearing recently after 13 months in pre-trial detention.
Journalists set to appear in court after year-long detention
The six journalists were arrested and detained following a raid on the magazine “Yuruyus” in December 2010.
Life sentence and acquittals handed down in Hrant Dink murder trial
Five years after the journalist’s death, all the defendants were acquitted of charges of membership in a criminal organisation.
Academics oppose Internet filtering in universities
A signature campaign launched by more than one hundred academics is opposing attempts to recognise universities as public places where the Internet may be filtered.
Kurdish Roj TV fined but remains on air
A Copenhagen court fined Roj TV for violating the Danish anti-terror law but deemed that the television channel should not be shuttered for having allegedly spread propaganda for the PKK.
BIANET releases third quarter media monitoring report
BIANET outlines the press freedom violations that took place from July to September 2011.
Dozens of journalists detained in police crackdown
The crackdown was part of the so-called KCK operation related to the Union of Kurdish Communities (KCK), the umbrella organisation that includes the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over detention of journalists and censorship
During her first official visit to Turkey, Dunja Mijatovic participated in a panel discussion entitled “Turkey and Freedom of Expression”, organised by the Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences.