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Journalist Murat Aksoy sent back to prison after court upholds sentence on terror charges

Journalist Murat Aksoy sent back to prison after court upholds sentence on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy was sent back to prison on Thursday after a regional appeals court upheld a local court’s ruling to imprison him for 2 years and 1 month. A former columnist for the now now-closed Bugun daily newspaper, Aksoy spent 421 days in pretrial...
Amnesty Int’l launches campaign for action against Turkey’s media crackdown

Amnesty Int’l launches campaign for action against Turkey’s media crackdown

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2016 | Int'l Reactions

The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has launched a campaign for urgent action against Turkish government’s tightening control over media outlets. Below is the statement released by the rights group on Nov. 8. “Nine journalists and board...

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