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CPJ: Turkey, China World's Biggest Jailers of Journalists

CPJ: Turkey, China World's Biggest Jailers of Journalists

"The reduced number of prisoners does not signal an improved situation for Turkey's media," according to the CPJ report.

11 December 2019

‘Turkey Still World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists’

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS’ 2018 REPORT

‘Turkey Still World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists’

According to a report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey has become “the world’s worst jailer of journalists” for the third time in 2018. As announced by the CPJ, at least 68 journalists have been behind bars in Turkey.

13 December 2018

CPJ: 199 Journalists in Prison, 14 From Turkey

CPJ: 199 Journalists in Prison, 14 From Turkey

According to a report of the Committee to Protect Journalists, 14 journalists out of 199 arrested journalists all over the world, are in prison in Turkey.

15 December 2015

“There Must Be Something Wrong If Authorities Like Journalists”

KATİ MARTON FROM CPJ

“There Must Be Something Wrong If Authorities Like Journalists”

“If you are not in favor of the views of some journalists, you just would not buy that newspaper. However, governments have no right to imprison journalists when they do not appreciate their work. At least in democracies,” says Kati Marton of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

9 November 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“Orwellian Accusations Levelled Against Journalists in Turkey”

CPJ REPORT ON TURKEY

“Orwellian Accusations Levelled Against Journalists in Turkey”

Turkey falls into a category all on its own with respect to clamping down on journalists, according to a new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ.) The report indicates that Turkey broke its own record in arresting journalists, with some 76 press workers currently serving time behind bars.

22 October 2012

CPJ: Press Freedom in Turkey Unstable

CPJ: Press Freedom in Turkey Unstable

The 2010 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists criticized punishments handed down to Turkish journalists on the grounds of their reports about the Kurdish question or the Ergenekon case. The report also drew attention to the slow procedures of the Dink murder case.

18 February 2011