by admin | Apr 2, 2016 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
From yesterday’s Hurriyet Daily News ‘Can Dündar and Erdem Gül appeared in Istanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse for the second hearing of their controversial case yesterday, 1 April, with the court again ruling not to arrest them for the duration of the trial. The...
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 | Oct 1, 2015 | Campaigns, Vanunu, whistle blowing
The Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Middle East writes… “Last year, on 26 April, we held a well-supported vigil at the Israeli Embassy in London, to mark the 10th year since Mordechai Vanunu was released from Ashkelon prison, only to be put under severe restrictions of...
by admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Campaigns, international, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has urged Israel to let him leave the country and join his wife abroad. Vanunu was released in 2004 after 18 years in prison after talking to The Sunday Times about Israel’s secret nuclear programme. Israeli spies abducted...
by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | Campaigns, international, Press, Turkey
I was unable to go to Turkey last week for yet another round in the OdaTV trial, held on 12 June (see previous blog ‘OdaTV trials – more of the same’ dated 1 February 2015) but the European Federation of Journalists was represented by Patrick Kamenka from France. Last...
