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Eren Keskin (C), director of "Özgür Gündem" newspaper, speaks to the press as Kurdish women hold pictures of jailed journalists in Istanbul, Turkey, 10 September 2012, BULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages

Terrorism trial of human rights defender Eren Keskin adjourned until 9 July

Keskin appeared before court on “terrorism propaganda” charges for supporting the closed Özgür Gündem daily; she said, “Turkey must change its laws.”

"Cumhuriyet" chairman Akin Atalay (R) and his wife Adalet Atalay (L) speak to journalists after he was released from Silivri prison, in Silivri, outside of Istanbul, Turkey, 25 April 2018, BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

“Cumhuriyet” journalists handed down lengthy prison sentences

14 newspaper staff handed prison sentences of between 2 years and 6 months and 7 years and 6 months.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) building in Strasbourg, France, Ralf Roletschek - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31135139

European Court of Human rights: Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay’s rights violated

In its long-awaited judgment, the ECtHR said the journalists’ right to personal liberty and security and freedom of expression were violated.

Amnesty International activists stage a protest against the detention of the head of Amnesty in Turkey, Taner Kilic, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin, 15 June 2017 , JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

Chair of Amnesty Turkey released, then rearrested

A Turkish court ordered Amnesty Turkey head Taner Kılıç released, only to reverse its own decision the following day.

Turkish soldiers are seen around the area of Mount Bersaya, north of the Syrian town of Azaz near the border with Turkey, on 22 January 2018, following the launch of "Operation Olive Branch", SALEH ABO GHALOUN/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists detained for social media posts criticising Turkish military operation

Turkish authorities open investigation into 57 individuals who shared critical comments on social media concerning “Operation Olive Branch”.

A journalist poses with a portrait of Ahmet Altan on 19 June 2017 in front of an Istanbul courthouse where 17 suspects, including jailed journalists Nazli Ilicak, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, were due to appear, OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images

Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay not released despite Constitutional Court ruling

Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay remain in prison as the penal courts where the journalists are standing trial have refused to put a ruling by the Constitutional Court into process.

26 year old Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was kidnapped off the streets of Lahore in August 2015. , Facebook

The Pakistani government must release Zeenat Shahzadi from custody

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

A woman buys the final issue of The Cambodia Daily newspaper at a store along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 4, 2017. , REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Immediate action needed to end attacks on democracy in Cambodia

IFEX members join 55 NGOs in an open call to the international community to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference in light of its 26th anniversary and worsening attacks on democracy in Cambodia.