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Cumhuriyet trial Day Two: Defendants push back against “lawless” indictment

The International Press Institute (IPI), together with other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists, today continued observing the trial against journalists and staff of Turkey’s last major critical newspaper. Extremely important solidarity in Istanbul for #pressfreedom #cumhuriyet17 @EFJEUROPE @ECPMF https://t.co/6CnRTRxidn — Mogens B. Bjerregård (@mogensbb) July 25, 2017 This morning, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

IPI members urge EU states to defend media freedom

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 [...]

#IPIWoCo honours Ethiopian, Afghan journalists

"Eskinder Nega's courage made him a familiar name, a symbol of resistance for many Ethiopians," exiled Ethiopian journalist and human rights activist Mesfin Negash told attendees of the International Press Institute (IPI)'s 2017 World Congress in Hamburg on Thursday as he accepted IPI's 2017 World Press Freedom Hero award on behalf of Nega, who [...]

#IPIWoCo starts with solidarity for jailed journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday kicked off its annual World Congress with a call for solidarity with three IPI members and some 160 other journalists currently behind bars in Turkey. The call came during an opening ceremony at Hamburg’s historic City Hall for the Congress, which from May 18 to 20 will bring [...]

U.N. Human Rights Council urged to act on Turkey

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international media freedom and free expression defenders in call presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council urging it to address ongoing developments in Turkey. The full text appears below. Turkey: UN Human Rights Council should address continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and other human rights PEN International, [...]

Concern as Turkey detains another Cumhuriyet staffer

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern after authorities in Turkey detained the editor-in-chief of the online edition of independent daily newspaper Cumhuriyet. The newspaper said it was notified that Oğuz Güven had been ordered detained for seven days on accusations of making propaganda for a terrorist organisation. Cumhuriyet representatives also indicated that [...]