Once upon a time there was a troll, Hans Christian Andersen wrote. This troll was the worst of the trolls, he was the Devil and the Devil had a mirror. It was a wicked invention; everything good and beautiful became …
Posted in Censorship, Media, Turkey | Leave a commentKurdish blogger and Human rights activist Rojin Mohemedi has been released from Evin prison. She was released on the 2nd of January according to her Facebook fan page. When she returned to Iran from Istanbul, she was arrested at the …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Iran | 1 CommentBaran Nayır and Ali Deniz Kılıç attended a Pro-Kurdish rally on the 6th of December 2009 organised by BDP in Istanbul. They were arrested, and accused of having six Molotov cocktails in their possession. The fingerprint results on the Molotov …
Posted in Censorship, Turkey, Youth | Leave a commentIstanbul, Turkey- Dawn on Tuesday brought an unfortunate wake up call to many Kurds and especially to journalists as a wave of arrests across Turkey picked up 40 people, most of whom are journalists. The arrests came under the premise …
Posted in Censorship, Media, Reporters Without Borders, Turkey | 1 Comment