Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Reporter faces up to 28 years in prison for book about journalist’s murder
Nedim Sener, a reporter who has written a book about the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, faces up to 28 years in prison after police officers filed complaints against him.
Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty-seven IFEX members signed on to a statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to address the deterioration in press freedom.
Journalist given prison sentence for “insulting” prosecutor
Özgür Bogatekin, a representative of the local “Gerger Firat” newspaper in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, has been sentenced to 14 months and 17 days’ imprisonment for an article in which he argued that his father, journalist Haci Bogatekin, was being held in prison unlawfully.
Two Kurdish newspapers suspended for a month for “spreading PKK propaganda”
(BIANET/IFEX) – The Istanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court has handed down one-month publication bans to two newspapers for allegedly spreading PKK propaganda. On 11 April 2009, the Istanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court decreed that the daily “Kurdish Azadiya Welat” newspaper and the weekly “Özgür Mezopotamya” (Free Mesopotamia), which had just started operating, be banned from […]
Two Kurdish politicians sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment for spreading propaganda
(BIANET/IFEX) – On 21 April 2009, the 4th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakir sentenced two Kurdish politicians to ten months imprisonment under Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terrorism Law. Osman Baydemir, mayor of the Greater Diyarbakir Municipality and Nejdet Atalay, provincial chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), of which Baydemir is also a member, […]
Bookstore owner sentenced to one year in jail for pro-Kurdish statements
Seferi Yilmaz, whose bookstore in Semdinli, Hakkari was attacked in November 2005, faces a prison sentence for referring to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) condemned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, as the “Kurdish people’s hero”, during a panel discussion in Bursa
Journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyali assaulted by youth leader
Far-right Great Union Party (BBP) Istanbul youth branch chair Mustafa Kayatuzu physically attacked “Taraf” daily columnist Rasim Ozan Kütahyali when he mentioned BBP leader Muhsin Yazicioglu’s involvement in the Maras massacre during a television show
Conscientious objector Mustafa Karayay acquitted in Ankara court
(BIANET/IFEX) – An Ankara court has acquitted Mustafa Karayay, who faced three years’ imprisonment for criticising military service. “A man born in Turkey cannot have a duty to his fatherland just because he was born in Turkey. This is not only true for Turkey either. People are born naked, without sin, without debt, and most […]