Vanunu – 10 years on and still not free
In August, it was reported that Avigdor Feldman, Mordechai's lawyer, had finally managed to lodge an appeal against Mordechai's continuing restrictions and the surveillance he was subjected to. However, it was not until after a couple of postponements that the...
Erdoğan triumphs in local elections amid fraud claims
Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdoğan (pictured left) is the clear winner in the local elections held yesterday. With about 98% of votes counted by early this morning, his party, the AKP, in power since 2002, had 45.6% of the vote whiled the opposition CHP trailed...
Four journalists freed in Turkey
It’s been a hectic 24 hours in Turkey with the welcome news of the release of four journalists, Tuncay Özkan, Merdan Yanardağ, Yalçın Küçük (see my blog of 15 December 2013) and Hikmet Çiçek who were accused of committing terrorist acts in the Ergenekon case. Upon his...