Representatives from international free expression groups and professional organisations gathered in Istanbul on July 24 to monitor the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the newspaper Cumhuriyet on accusations that its reporting lent support to terrorists. Prosecutors are demanding prison terms of up to 43 years for the defendants on charges that include “helping an […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined other international free expression organisations in a demonstration outside an Istanbul courthouse prior to the start of the trial against 17 journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. In an address at the demonstration, IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis urged authorities to release the journalists and […]

The trial of 17 journalists and executives from daily newspaper Cumhuriyet who are charged in a case accusing the newspaper of having supported terrorists through its reporting will begin on July 24, 2017 at Istanbul’s Çağlayan Justice Palace at 10:30 a.m. Proceedings are tentatively scheduled to continue this week until July 28. Prosecutors are demanding prison terms […]

Members of the International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Germany and other EU member states, as well as the EU itself, to embrace their role as defenders of human rights globally, including the rights to freedom of expression and the press, amid troubling times for media freedom. The members made the call in a resolution […]