by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | international, Turkey
The 1 November elections were monitored by hundreds of independent observers, including several human rights lawyers, journalists and lawmakers from the UK. Lord Hylton, who was in Diyarbakir (south eastern Turkey) as part of a delegation over the election weekend,...
by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | international, media freedom, Turkey
The NUJ joined the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) and their affiliate the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) in calling for press freedom in Turkey following the election. The call was made following the surprise victory of...
by admin | Nov 6, 2015 | international
Tuesday 20 October will be a date Canadians will never forget. It was when they voted in a new government and prime minister in nearly a decade. The Liberal party led by Justin Trudeau won an absolute majority in the general election and dealt a hammer blow to...
by admin | Oct 14, 2015 | international, Turkey
A scathing report commissioned by one of President Erdogan’s exiled opponents states that the Turkish government is inflicting “systematic human rights violations” on its judiciary, police and media. The 95 page report alleges that the AK party (Justice and...
by admin | Sep 22, 2015 | censorship, international, media freedom, Turkey
Increasing attacks on journalists, jailings, limits on collective bargaining, increasing restrictions on the right to report, more prosecutions and less press freedom. These were some of the key issues discussed at a conference held in Istanbul on 17/18 September,...
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...
