by admin | Mar 27, 2016 | international, media freedom, Turkey, unions
Friday 25 March was a bleak day for journalism, the rule of law and the public’s right to know, when an Istanbul court ruled that the entire trial of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül should be held behind closed doors. Earlier scores of their supporters turned up to the court...
by admin | Mar 23, 2016 | Campaigns, Europe, media freedom, Turkey
Today I have received a reply from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Turkey Desk, Europe Directive) to a letter I wrote on 12 February to the Foreign Secretary, in which I called on the government to, amongst other things, put out a statement condemning the Turkish...
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
At last better news from Turkey with the Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruling on 25 February that the rights of Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül had been violated. The ruling highlighted violations of Article 19 (right to personal liberty and...
by admin | Feb 10, 2016 | Reviews, unions
How come Sam Woods, a former hewer (miner) from Wigan and a complete outsider managed to win the Tory seat of Walthamstow at a by-election in 1897, for the small group of working class MPs known as Lib-Labs who represented working class and labour interests, but were...
by admin | Feb 8, 2016 | Europe
Towards the end of last month the Danish parliament voted in a new law which allows police to search asylum seekers on arrival in the country and confiscate any non-essential items worth more than 10,000 kroner (£1,000) that have no sentimental value. In...
