by admin | Sep 13, 2013 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey, unions
Justice and press freedom in Turkey suffered further setbacks on 11 September, when an Istanbul court decided that the case against journalist and writer Profesor Yalçin Kücük should be adjourned until 12 December. Kücük, one of the defendants in the Ergenekon trial,...
by admin | Nov 17, 2012 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Turkey, unions
As part of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) campaign in support of journalists held in prisons or under threat of imprisonment in Turkey, I visited the country between 15 and 17 November. I attended two trials: other members of the EFJ’s governing board...
by admin | Sep 20, 2012 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey, unions
On 18 September, a meeting sponsored by the Peace in Kurdistan Campaign and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers condemned the recent trials of lawyers and journalists in Turkey. The meeting – held in London – went on to set up a co-coordinating group to build a...
