• At least 90 journalists remain in jail in Turkey • A new parole law excluded jailed journalists and politicians from release, risking lives of hundreds amid COVID-19 • All judicial proceedings suspended in April due to pandemic • New efforts to stifle print and online media coverage of COVID-19 The International Press Institute (IPI) is hosting […]

On April 14, after a week of parliamentary debate, the Turkish government passed a new “criminal enforcement” law that is expected to see up to 90,000 inmates released in order to relieve overcrowded prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, an International Press Institute (IPI) review of the law shows that it excludes prisoners sentenced for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joins today 23 other international press freedom and freedom of expression groups to call on Turkish authorities to release all journalists and those who were arbitrarily detained as part of the new bill to release prisoners on parole amid COVID-19 pandemic. See the joint statement below. In the early hours […]

By RUŞEN ÇAKIR / IPI Member and Medyascope editor Ruşen Çakır on journalism and press freedom amid COVID-19