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Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Turkish writers behind bars 0

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Sadly Turkey once again rises to the ‘top of the heap’ when it comes to international protests and campaigns. Holding almost 300,000 of its citizens behind bars

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Turkish authorities blocked some 55,000 websites in 2018

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Istanbul-based Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) released the English version of its “Assessment Report on Blocked Websites, News Articles and Social Media Content From Turkey”

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Demolition of monument to humanity violated rights of sculptor

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The Constitutional Court ruled that the demolition of the “Monument to Humanity” in Kars violated the right to freedom of expression of its author

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TURKEY: “HARROWING” REPRESSION OF KURDISH CULTURE & LANGUAGE

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This 21 February 2018 – On Mother Language Day, PEN International “wishes to highlight the sustained repression of Kurdish culture and language in Turkey

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May 3. World Press Freedom Day hosted in Jakarta

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This year, World Press Freedom Day will be hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia from the 1st to 4 May. The theme: Critical Minds for Critical Times

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Aslı Erdogan, WRITER TO BE TRIED AS “TERRORIST”

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Aslı Erdoğan… as of November 25th held for 98 days (along with 70 year old linguist, Necmiye Alpay, held now for 86 days) in Istanbul’s Bakırköy women’s prison in Istanbul

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Ozgur Gundem closed, journalists detained

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Twenty-four journalists were detained with charges of resisting arrest in the raid on the newspaper building following the court decision to close down Özgür Gündem

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