New hacking claims against the Sun
Just in case you thought it was all over, Rebekah Brooks is facing a legal tussle over over new allegations that phone hacking was “endemic” when she was editor of The Sun, according to an article in The Independent (14 January). The Independent's James Cusick,...
Court rejects appeal for detained Turkish editors as petition launched
Last Tuesday, a court in Istanbul threw out an appeal against the detention of two editors from a top daily newspaper as a global media rights watchdog launched a major petition for their release. The higher Istanbul court rejected the appeal from lawyers for the...
Arrest of journalists condemned: Release them now demands IFJ/EFJ
A court in Istanbul has charged two journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper with spying after they alleged Turkey’s secret services had sent arms to Islamist rebels in Syria. Can Dundar the editor-in-chief, (who I have met on my visits to Turkey) and...