by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
The London-based Index on Censorship, a campaigning publishing organization for freedom of expression, has given this year’s Freedom of Expression Arts Award to Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan, according to a statement on the organization’s website. Index...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Zehra Doğan, an artist and journalist for the now-closed a Kurdish news agency (JİNHA), was released on Sunday after two years, nine months and 22 days in prison Doğan was convicted of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in social media posts and news stories. Her...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Zehra Dogan, the Kurdish journalist and who has been under arrest on terror charges for over a year, has said the paintings she made in prison are being seized and destroyed by the guards. “I am subjected to pressure mostly because of my paintings and drawings. Our...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter who has been handed down a prison sentence of two years, nine months, 22 days for depicting the destruction caused by military operations carried out in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, was sent to Diyarbakır Prison on Monday....
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months, 22 days for painting the destruction caused by operations carried out in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province by Turkish...