by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | Campaigns, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
An update on my blog of 5 April ‘Help Mordechai pay this outrageous fine’ from Vanunu supporters in the UK in a recent circular reads as follows: ‘Following the appeal we sent out in March we can report the very good news that Mordechai has now been able to pay the...
by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Campaigns, Turkey
In January I visited Baris Ince managing editor of the daily BirGün at his newspaper office in Istanbul on behalf of the European Federation of Journalists. He was facing charges of insulting President Erdoğan which if proved could result in a heavy prison sentence....
by admin | May 20, 2015 | Campaigns, international, Turkey
Last week a party from Samanyolu broadcasting group and Zaman meet with Adam Christie (joint NUJ President) and me at NUJ HQ in London. Both media outlets are under government attack (see my blogs ‘Brazen attack…’ 15 December 2014 and ’More from Turkey’ 1 February...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Campaigns, media freedom, media ownership, media plurality
With the publication of the SNP election manifesto on Monday we now know where the main parties stand on their policies on the future of the media. Labour’s election manifesto commitments the party to protect ‘the principle of media plurality’ and ‘preventing the...
by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Campaigns, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
When will the hounding by the Israeli authorities of Mordechai Vanunu, the man who blew the whistle on Israel’s nuclear arsenal nearly thirty years ago stop? Not content with dragging him back to court since his release from prison in 2004, stripping him of his...
by admin | Feb 1, 2015 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey
Last week I not only attended the Odatv trial (see blog below). The day before (29 January) I was joined by Mustafa Kuleli (General Secretary of the Journalists Union of Turkey, TGS) at the first hearing against journalists Can Dündar (Cumhuriyet), Utku Çakirözer...
