Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Journalist accused of “insulting public officials” sentenced to jail term
After rejecting Haci Bogatekin’s apology, a criminal court handed him a 2-year, 2-month and 7-day prison sentence for “insult to public officials”.
Newspaper distributor sentenced to 10 months in prison
“Azadiya Welat” newspaper distributor Mehmet Altay was found guilty of “making propaganda for an organisation”.
Telecommunications authority bans access to LGBT social networking sites
Site administrators complained they were not informed of the decision, and said the action was the result of a “homophobic mentality.”
Lawyer, actor and writer each sentenced to one year in prison for using the terms “Kurds” and “Kurdistan”
Lawyer Eren Keskin, actor Murat Batgi and writer Edip Polat were also deprived of many of their civil rights.
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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