Judge and Defendant Share Press Freedom Award
Turkeys Journalists Association (TGC) 2006 Press Freedom Awards goes to cartoonist Musa Kart for his prosecuted caricature depicting PM Erdogan as an entangled cat as well as Eskisehir Chief Justice Mithat Ali Kabaali who acquitted him.
Cartoonist Musa Kart and Eskisehir 3rd Court of First Instance chief justice Mithat Ali Kabaali will receive their joint awards in a ceremony to be held on July 24 at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, marking the Press Freedom Day.
The awards, for personal contribution to the freedom of the press, are part of TGCs annual events hosted since 1989 to reward individuals and institutions who have contributed to those freedoms.
The TGC 2006 institution award is to go to the Turkish Penal Law Association in the same ceremony for the groups outstanding activities on legal issues related to press freedoms.
It is in recognition of the Associations scientific approach to limitations and restrictions imposed by the Turkish Penal Code, the Press and Anti-Terror Laws at all levels from draft to debate and approval as well as its activities including discussion panels and forums, issuing publications and working together with bar associations and journalists in this field to attract attention to the publics right to information and media freedom. (II/YE)
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