Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
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.
Kurdish human rights activist on trial after criticising arrest of children
Ethem Acikalin, president of the Human Rights Association in Adana, is on trial after criticising the province’s governor.
Kurdish newspaper receives two-month publication ban
An Istanbul court has convicted the daily newspaper “Günlük” of “spreading PKK propaganda” in two issues of the paper.
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.