by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court, on Tuesday, ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars nearly 14 months. Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, appeared in court on Tuesday. Arrested on Aug. 11, 2016...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has slammed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for awarding the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to jailed judge Murat Arslan, the president of the now dissolved Association for the Union of Judges and...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Murat Arslan, the last chairman of Turkey’s Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) was named as the winner of the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday. Under arrest since Oct 26, 2016 over his alleged links to the Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who was released on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, will not be able to attend a ceremony in Germany to accept the Erich Maria Remarque Award on Sept. 22 due to the imposition of a...
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