FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

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• Turkey blocks Twitter account of ANF 

  The fascist AKP-MHP regime continues its attacks against free press.
• Office of news outlet Sendika.org raided 

  Crackdown on dissident media continues in Turkey.
• Zehra Doğan receives Courage in Journalism Award 

  International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Award had been granted to jailed Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan.
• Kurdish journalist detained earlier today, jailed in Şırnak 

  Mezopotamya Agency journalist Berzan Güneş was arrested allegedly on the grounds of social media posts.
• Kurdish journalist detained in Şırnak 

  Mezopotamya News Agency reporter Berzan Güneş has been taken into custody in Şırnak city.
• New hearing in the Özgür Gündem trial 

  The paper was closed by Decree Law.
• Free Journalists Initiative releases monthly report 

  There are currently 192 journalists in Turkish jails.
• Kurdish journalist receives Front Line Defenders Award 

  Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal is among the five winners of its 2018 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.
• Journalist Reyhan Çapan arrested in Turkey 

  Reyhan Çapan, an editor of the daily newspaper Özgür Gündem banned in Turkey, has been arrested in Artvin.
• Özgür Gündem publisher Sancılı arrested 

  Kemal Sancılı, publisher of the Özgür Gündem newspaper shut down by AKP-MHP, has been arrested.
• Özgür Gündem trial postponed 

  Trial against Eren Keskin and 8 other people in Özgür Gündem case has been adjourned.
• 190 journalists behind bars in Turkey 

  The Free Journalists Initiative released its monthly report in Amed.
• “For journalists, Turkey has become a dungeon” 

  Journalists have spoken out about the stifling climate of fear that has enveloped Turkey’s media landscape, ahead of a global day of action to demand the release of more than 120 journalists still imprisoned since the failed 2016 coup.
• Journalists’ Union to rally on May Day 

  For the first time, journalists in Amed will rally behind their own banner on Workers’ Day.
• Journalists’ trial postponed to September 

  Travel ban confirmed for 46 Kurdish journalists under trial
• Assets usurped from media institutions put on sale 

  The assets belonging to shut-down media institutions like DİHA, JİNHA, Azadiya Welat and Azadî TV have been put on sale.
• Turkey continues to lead the worldwide decline in press freedom 

  "“The world’s biggest prison for professional journalists, Turkey (157th) has managed to fall another two places in the past year, which saw a succession of mass trials."
• Zehra Doğan: “Continue to write the news, without fear” 

  TJU administrators met with imprisoned journalist Zehra Doğan. Doğan said, “One understands the value of journalism better in prison,” and urged her colleagues on the outside to continue to write the news without fear.
• Sweden condemns repression on Kurdish media 

  Sweden reacted to the ongoing repression, closure, raids, attacks against the Kurdish press.
• Three journalists for ETHA taken into custody in Istanbul -UPDATE 

  Turkey, the largest prison for journalists in the world, continues its crackdown on journalists of the opposition and alternative media.
• SJF calls on the Swedish Government to support Kurdish media 

  Swedish Journalists Federation’s publication pointed out the attacks against Kurdish media and called for solidarity.
• Multiple sentences issued to Eren Keskin 

  Co-Executive Editor of shut down newspaper Özgür Gündem Eren Keskin’s sentence of a 3.000 Lira fine has been approved by the Court of Appeals.
• 3 year sentences for 3 journalists 

  Prison sentences have been issued for journalists in the case against the Demokratik Ulus newspaper.
• Three editors and an employee of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi jailed 

  Three editors and an employee of the usurped Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper have been jailed for alleged “membership to a terrorist organization”.
• Demand for arrest for 5 journalists 

  5 journalists from the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper usurped by the AKP-MHP have been referred to court with a demand for their arrest.