FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

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• Eutelsat seeks to suspend the broadcasting of Kurdish TV channels 

  Eutelsat has taken action to suspend the broadcasting of Kurdish television channels Ronahi TV, NewsChannel and Sterk TV on Turkey's demand.
• Access banned for newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s website 

  Another access ban was issued for the website of newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, demokrasi16.com.
• Italian journalist deported after two weeks in custody 

  Journalist Gabriele Del Grande who was taken into custody in Hatay province on April 9 has been released and deported today.
• Report on what journalists in Turkey have been through in 2017 

  “Despite all the pressures and obstructions, arrests, deaths, exile and censorship, the Kurdish press grew further and attained a significant place in the region and the world” said Free Journalists Association.
• YRD celebrates Kurdish Journalism Day 

  Democratic Press Union celebrated April 22, Kurdish Journalism Day and emphasized that "The free Kurdish press has an important mission in the creation of a free and democratic life for the Kurdish people."
• Police raid the house of journalist who documented Kurkut's death 

  Journalist Abdurrahman Gök who documented the murder by police of Kurdish university student Kemal Kurkut at Amed Newroz on March 21, had his house raided by police today.
• Journalist Meltem Oktay jailed due to reports on Nusaybin 

  Journalist Meltem Oktay has been re-arrested because of her reports during the curfews in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Police raid the office of Sendika.org media outlet, detain editor 

  Police raided the office of Sendika.org media outlet and detained editor Ali Ergin Demirhan related to the coverage of Sunday's referendum.
• Two female reporters for Newspaper Şûjin detained in Tatvan 

  Newspaper Şûjin reporters Nişmiye Güler and Zeynep Turgut have been taken into custody in Tatvan district of Bitlis.
• Websites of ANF, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and dihaber blocked 

  AKP-controlled Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) has blocked access to ANF’s, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s and dihaber’s websites.
• Şûjin reporter detained in Van 

  Journal Şûjin reporter Nişmiye Güler has been taken into custody in Gevaş district of Van.
• Two journalists jailed in Van after 10 days in custody 

  Journalists Arif Aslan and Selman Keleş who were detained in Van province on March 20 have been jailed.
• Two journalists detained in Van held in custody for 10 days 

  Journalists Arif Aslan and Selman Keleş who were detained in Van province on March 20 are still in custody.
• Journalist detained by police during release from prison in Adana 

  Jailed journalist Hakan Ergün who was released by court yesterday was taken into custody during his leave from prison in Adana province.
• German journalist in Amed for Newroz detained by police 

  German journalist Hinrich Schultze who came to Amed to cover tomorrow's Newroz celebration has been detained by police.
• ANF reporter Sedat Sur released from custody 

  ANF reporter Sedat Sur was taken into custody on his arrival at İzmir airport after his flight from Istanbul last night.
• Prison sentence given to journalist Zehra Doğan 

  Journalist Zehra Doğan, who had been released from the Mardin E-type Closed Prison on December 9, was given a prison sentence of 2 years, 9 months and 22 days.
• Another journalist receives jail sentence for social media content 

  Journalist Arif Aslan in Van has been charged with "aiding and abetting a terrorist organization" and given a jail sentence of 1 year and 3 months for content he shared on his Facebook account.
• Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel remanded in custody 

  Deniz Yücel, Turkey correspondent for German daily Die Welt, has been formally arrested after 13 days in custody.
• Prison sentence approved for ANF journalist Ali Barış Kurt 

  The appeal made for the prison sentence given to journalist Ali Barış Kurt has been rejected. The Ankara Regional Court of Justice approved the verdict.
• Reporter for German daily 'Die Welt' taken into custody in Istanbul 

  German daily 'Die Welt' reporter Deniz Yücel has been taken into custody at Istanbul Department of Police where he appeared to give a statement.
• Journalist Selahattin Aslan taken into custody 

  The government of Turkey continues to arrest journalists from the opposition and Kurdish media.
• Reporting for JINHA considered a “crime” 

  In the indictment prepared for JINHA reporter Aysel Işık, her social media posts and her working for JINHA were deemed criminal.
• 7 newspaper distributors detained in Van in two days 

  The police raided the distribution office of the newspapers Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and Rojeva Medya in the province of Van.
• RSF: Journalism in Turkey in death throes after six months of emergency 

  RSF urged Turkey to repeal all the decree-laws that are incompatible with its constitution and its international obligations after examining the persecution of Turkey’s journalists and media under the state of emergency proclaimed six months ago.