Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, The Representative on Freedom of the Media (November 2010): Preliminary Report: Study of legal provisions and practices related to freedom of expression, the free flow of information and media pluralism on the Internet in the OSCE participating States. This preliminary report has been commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom…
Turkish group opens court case over Google services | Reuters Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:48am EDT * Thousands of websites blocked in Turkey * Turkey asking Google for $20 million in taxes * Row sparks questions over freedom of speech By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, June 28 (Reuters) – A Turkish Internet rights group opened a court case on Monday to…
English: Minister Yıldırım: YouTube or any Other Ordinary Person… – Bianet In the context of the access ban for the YouTube website, Transport Minister Yıldırım addressed YouTube officials, ‘You will be treated just the same way as the ordinary people are treated in the Turkish Republic. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU hukuk@bianet.org Ankara – BİA News Center 30 June 2010, Wednesday Transport Minister…
Bianet: Internet Censorship: Turkey “Under Surveillance” of RSF Reporters Without Borders added Turkey and Russia to the organization’s ‘under surveillance’ list published in the latest report on 12 March. ‘Taboo topics’ for Turkey are quoted as mainly related to Atatürk, the army, minorities and the dignity of the nation. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU – hukuk@bianet.org Paris – BİA News Center 15 March…
129 16.02.2010 Press release issued by the Registrar Chamber judgment1 Akdas v. Turkey (no 41056/04) SEIZURE OF THE NOVEL Les ONZE MILLE verges BY Guillaume Apollinaire and conviction of the publisher hindered public access to a work belonging to the european literary heritage Unanimously: Violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights Principal facts…
OSCE concerned over ban on internet freedoms in Turkey 02 February 2010, Tuesday ABDULLAH BOZKURT STRASBOURG A senior official at the world’s largest intergovernmental organization focusing on media freedoms has lambasted Turkey for imposing restrictions on Internet sites and criticized media accreditation methods to ban reporters from attending press conferences. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) media…
Bianet: Censorship Costs Turkey 43,000 Euro at ECHR – Bianet: “Censorship Costs Turkey 43,000 Euro at ECHR The European Court of Human Rights sentenced Turkey to a € 36,000 compensation fine for closing five newspapers because of their focus on the Kurdish question. Aziz Özer, who had been silenced for describing prison operations as ‘barbaric attacks’ receives € 3,423 in…
Reuters updated its story – changes in bold… Turkey blocking 3,700 websites, reform needed: OSCE | Reuters Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:27am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said on Monday that Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for ‘arbitrary and political reasons’ and urged reforms to show its commitment to freedom of expression….
Reuters: Turkey blocking 3,700 websites Turkey blocking 3,700 websites: OSCE VIENNA, Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:37am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said Monday Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for ‘arbitrary and political reasons’ and urged legal reforms to show its commitment to freedom of expression. Technology Milos Haraszti, media freedom monitor for…
Turkey’s Internet law needs to be reformed or abolished, says OSCE media freedom representative VIENNA, 18 January 2010 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked the Turkish authorities to bring Turkey’s internet law in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards on freedom of expression. “In its current form, Law 5651, commonly known…