Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
BIANET 2009 second quarterly Media Monitoring Report
According to the second quarterly BIA Media Monitoring Report, 125 people, 57 of them journalists, were on trial between April and June 2009.
Teenager sentenced to community service for insulting prime minister
While one court punishes a teenager for “insulting a civil servant on duty”, another has acquitted eight people for using similar slogans.
Six people arrested for attack on local journalist
Following an investigation into an attack on journalist Durmus Tuna, six people have been arrested.
BIANET 2009 first quarterly Media Monitoring Report
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Municipal employees attack journalist for taking pictures of fire
Journalist Haci Boğatekin was trying to take pictures of a fire in a municipality waste dump when he was attacked by municipal employees.
Four rights activists on trial for “alienating the public against the military”
Four supporters of a conscientious objector are being tried for “alienating the public against the military.”
Newspaper confiscated for reporting allegations of police rape
After reporting 10 claims of women being raped since a new police chief came to Diyarbakır, an issue of the “Azadiya Welat” newspaper was confiscated.
Court bans access to Google Sites website
A court in Denizli has banned access to Google Sites, a site which allows users to create their own websites.