Swedish Supreme Court rejects Turkey’s extradition request for exiled journalist, says allegations don’t correspond...
The Swedish Supreme Court last week rejected a request from Turkey for the extradition of journalist Levent Kenez, ruling that Turkey’s allegations against Kenez...
SCF’s submission for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Turkey
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Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Submitted by the Stockholm Center for Freedom
for the 35rd Session of the Working Group
on the Universal...
Turkish writer Ahmet Altan held in prison for 1,500 days without a shred of...
The Turkish government has held novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan in İstanbul's Silivri Prison for 1,500 days without a shred of credible evidence that...
Jagland says jailed journalists and deputies are priority for Council of Europe
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, who has referred to the arrests in Turkey, said journalists and members of the Parliament...
Berlin says not informed of German reporter’s detention in Turkey
German officials said on Friday that Turkish authorities had failed to inform Berlin about the detention of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Meşale Tolu,...
Freedom House: Turkey among “not free” countries in press freedom
The US-based Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world, has mentioned Turkey among the countries, which...
CHP deputy: Turkish Justice Minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of...
Pro-government mafia leader again threatens exiled journalist, Gülen movement followers
Sedat Peker, a pro-government mafia leader in Turkey, in a street interview aired on TV openly threatened followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
17 press groups urge Turkey to drop provisions in bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ reporting
Seventeen international press organizations have called on Turkey to remove provisions from a new judicial reform bill that would criminalize reporting on LGBTQ+ issues,...
Turkey allows German officials to meet jailed Die Welt journalist Yücel
The Turkish government has issued permission to German Embassy officials in Turkey to visit jailed journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die...
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