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Court rules to keep Altan, Ilıcak and 3 others in prison during retrial
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on
Tuesday ruled for a continuation of the incarceration of five defendants,
including veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak,...
Verdict of life in prison for Turkish journalists sparks int’l condemnation
A verdict of aggravated life imprisonment, or life without parole, handed down to three Turkish journalists on Friday on charges of attempting to destroy...
Harms: Yücel’s release overshadowed by cruel verdict against his Turkish colleagues
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, on Friday criticized the verdict of...
OSCE, UN representatives: Life sentences for Turkish journalists an attack on freedom of expression
Today’s court decision to imprison journalists for life constitutes an unparalleled level of suppression of dissenting voices in Turkey, Harlem Désir, OSCE representative on...
Altan’s lawyer slams pro-gov’t newspapers over ‘manipulative’ report
Lawyer Ergin Cinmen, who represents jailed journalist and author Ahmet Altan, has criticized four pro-government newspapers, all of which ran stories on Monday showing...
Former Taraf journalists stand trial over Sledgehammer coverage
Journalists from the now-closed Taraf daily appeared in court on Friday over a report published by the newspaper in early 2010 detailing a suspected...