Expression Interrupted

ANALYSIS | Digital censorship targets the press: 98 accounts and domain names blocked in 2 months

Since September, digital censorship has expanded both in scope and in its targets. Access restrictions have also directly targeted the press’s presence in the digital sphere

Canan Coşkun and Kazım Kızıl who were investigating Rabia Naz’s death appears in court

In the case brought seven years later against two journalists investigating Rabia Naz’s death and her father, Şaban Vatan, the plaintiff, Küçükal, has given contradictory statements

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 574

İsmail Arı and Murat Ağırel jailed; the AKP files a damages claim against BirGün; Fatma Sibel Gürcihan acquitted; the case against Tuğçe Yılmaz dismissed

Case file sent to prosecutor's office in retrial of Levent Gültekin

Gültekin has appeared in court once again on charges of “insulting the president” following the Constitutional Court’s ruling that his rights had been violated

Case filed against Tuğçe Yılmaz for "denigrating Turkish nation" dismissed

Yılmaz's case has been dismissed on the grounds that the four-month time limit for bringing the case had expired

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 573

Trustee appointed to the Halk TV; Oya Lale Arslan released; Osman Kavala’s request for retrial rejected despite ECtHR ruling; two journalists detained

New method of censorship against journalists: User ID numbers targeted in social media bans

An Istanbul court adopted a different approach for four journalists in its ruling to block access. It included account ID numbers in the ruling to prevent users from changing their usernames

JOINT STATEMENT: Trustee appointment at Halk TV must be reversed

P24 and 12 press freedom and human rights organizations call on the Turkish authorities to immediately end the takeover of Halk TV’s management and restore the broadcaster’s editorial indepe

JOINT STATEMENT: Stop internet censorship now

P24 and 20 other rights organizations have issued a joint statements calling on the authorities to end internet censorship in Turkey

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 572

Two journalists jailed; two journalists jailed, two others placed under house arrest as part of funding investigation; access to at least 137 accounts blocked

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