Intimidation of free media in Turkey – we must tell the world what’s going on
Speaking to a meeting called by English PEN, in partnership with the Centre for Turkey Studies in London on 29 June journalist Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief, who along with his colleague Erdem Gül were recently sentenced to five years and 10 months and five...
Replace the licence fee and don’t privatise Channel 4 says the Puttnam Inquiry
The Inquiry, chaired by Lord Puttnam and based in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London, was set up in November 2015 to focus on the purposes of television in an era characterised by technological transformations,...
Vanunu faces further court hearings
According to a report in today’s Guardian, Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower is facing charges of violating the terms of his release 12 years after his release following 18 years in prison. On his release in 2004, he was subjected to a series of...