Wednesday, 13. July 2016
Topic: POLITIK - on July 13, 2016 at 11:55:00 AM CEST
Standing in solidarity with Turkey’s journalists
Index on Censorship supports the “I am a journalist” campaign launched by journalists and media freedom advocates from Turkey. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Turkey who fiercely continue their jobs despite facing relentless attacks and attempts to silence them. We also express our support to the 44 journalists and news distributors in jail, and to those facing arrest as retaliation for exercising their right to freedom of expression and freedom to inform. Here is the campaign statement: I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime. In Turkey, harassment of the press is getting worse by the day.
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