1800 news in the category "Freedom of Expression" ordered by date
Statement on "Religious Generation" was Inevitable [13 February 2012]
In a press conference about PM Erdoğan's saying "We want to raise a religious generation", the Eğitim-Sen educational union Istanbul Branches said that in the light ...»
Dozens of Custodies in KCK Operations [13 February 2012]
Homes in various provinces are being searched in the scope of new KCK operations. Women executives of KESK and affiliated trade unions are taken into custody. ...»
Year of Struggle for Journalists [10 February 2012]
Journalism and rights organizations in Turkey and world-wide urged for the release of imprisoned journalists, called for the abrogation of the Anti-Terror Law, observed trial hearings ...»
Judicial Reform Bill - Step into the Right Direction [10 February 2012]
Reporters Without Borders examined the third Judicial Reform Bill and announced, "RSF hopes that it represents a first step towards more significant reforms, or else its ...»
Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu - 100 Days in Jail [09 February 2012]
"We want Justice and Freedom on the 100th day of arrest" demanded the Eğitim-Sen Istanbul Universities Branch on 8 February. The protestors marked the 100th day ...»
@allah (cc) - Criminal Complaint about 200,000 Twitter Users [08 February 2012]
TV producer and presenter Serdar Tuncer filed a criminal complaint about a Twitter user alias @allah (cc) and also about almost 200,000 users following his tweets. ...»
Grup Yorum Band Facing ongoing Persecution [07 February 2012]
"Freedom to Grup Yorum - Release Seçkin Aydoğan" was written on the banner of the Grup Yorum band. They started a series of weekly mini concerts ...»
"Universities Behave like Courts" [06 February 2012]
Disciplinary penalties handed down to students of the Marmara, Selçuk and Pamukkale Universities recently evoked discussions on the Discipline Regulations of the Higher Education Council. Leading ...»
"Hate is an Attitude Rather than a Feeling" [06 February 2012]
The Hate Crimes Law Campaign Platform started a series of information meetings. The first session on hate speech was done together with media representatives. Prof İnceoğlu ...»
Zarakolu Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize [06 February 2012]
Swedish parliamentarians nominated arrested journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocator Ragıp Zarakolu for the Nobel Peace Prize. ...»
2011: Year of Publication Bans [03 February 2012]
The annual report on the Marmara Region released by the Human Rights Association revealed, "Torture spilled over from detention centres to the street". Also in 2011 ...»
University Students Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail [02 February 2012]
University students in Malatya were sentenced to imprisonment of between eight and 13 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda". The judge ...»
First Surveillance of Twitter? [01 February 2012]
A group of people who arranged for a dinner via Twitter for the protest action "Haydarpaşa should not get dark" encountered a police control. The police ...»
104 Journalists and 30 Distributors in Prison [31 January 2012]
104 journalists and 30 distributors went to jail until the end of 2011. The journalists are in prison under allegations of affiliations with illegal organizations in ...»
KCK Trial: 5 out of 104 Detained Defendants Released [30 January 2012]
Five of the 104 detained defendants of the main trial about the Union of Kurdish Communities were released pending trial on 27 January. A total of ...»
Again no Releases in OdaTV Trial [30 January 2012]
None of the detained defendants of the Oda TV trial was released at the 10th hearing on 27 January. The following hearing was set for 12 ...»
140journos: A Counter Media Movement [27 January 2012]
140journos is a "counter media" movement using social media tools to provide real-time, independent and objective news reporting. 140journos claim, "We are against the main stream. ...»
Country with the most Convictions: Turkey [27 January 2012]
The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the ...»
"So-called Journalists are Police Murderers and Molesters" [27 January 2012]
After the release of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, PM Erdoğan announced that his government had opened the way to freedom of expression. The PM ...»
"Our Language, our Eyes, our Ears" [27 January 2012]
Eutelsat suspended the broadcast of the Kurdish television channel Roj TV. As of 22 January, it can be watched via the internet only. Reporters Without Borders ...»
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