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Cumhuriyet trial Day One: International observers slam “bogus” charges

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists and European Parliament members in observing the start of a major trial against journalists with Turkey’s last major critical newspaper. The 17 journalists and executives with the secular daily Cumhuriyet – some of whom face up to […]

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Cumhuriyet trial: Background and Resources

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 […]

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IPI in Istanbul to monitor trial of Cumhuriyet journalists

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 […]

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Cumhuriyet Trial

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 […]

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