OSCE conference: Get Rid of Penal Code for the Media – Bianet OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Haraszti critisized in the recent conference: ‘The government waits for a ‘mature’ media before granting full legal implementation of freedom of media’. IT lawyer Akdeniz demanded: ‘The internet law should be amended or abolished’. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU – hukuk@bianet.org Istanbul – BİA News…
AGİT Medya Özgürlüğü Temsilcisi Miklos Haraszti’nin ofisi için hazırladığım 36 sayfalık Türkiye’de Internet sansürü raporu bugün yayınlandı. Haraszti, Medya Özgürlüğü konusunda İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, Dolapdere Kampüsü, Mahkeme Salonunda 13 Ocak 2010 Çarşamba günü 14:00–17:00 arasında bir konuşma yapacak. Konuşması sırasında bu raporu da tanıtacak. Report of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on Turkey and Internet Censorship (PDF…
Gov’t to expand freedom of speech, avoid hate crime loopholes: “The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, which introduced a democratization package over the summer to resolve Turkeys decades-long Kurdish problem, is now working on a reform package that will expand freedom of speech in Turkey and will include precautionary measures to prevent gaps that could lead to hate…
This speech will be delivered in Strasbourg on Thursday, 08 October, 2009 Intervention Speech for the Cross-Border Internet: Consultation meeting organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 8-9 October 2009 By Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor in Law, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, Director, Cyber-Rights.Org It is a great honour to be here today in Strasbourg at the Council…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper Wiretapped in Ergenekon Investgation!: “Cumhuriyet newspaper claimed two journalist were illegally wiretapped related to an operation concerning journalist Mustafa Balbay, who is a detained defendant under charge of ‘membership of the Ergenekon terror organization’. TGC chairman Erinç said that this is a deprivation of the right of freedom of speech for everybody living in Turkey.” (Via Bianet ::…
Bianet: Aquittal for Author of “Allah’s Daughters” Writer Gürsel has been acquitted of ‘denigrating religious values’ with his book ‘Allah’s Daughters’. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU, hukuk@bianet.org Istanbul – BİA News Center 26 June 2009, Friday Writer Nedim Gürsel, author of the book ‘Allah’s Daughters’, has been acquitted of ‘denigrating religious values’ and ‘inciting the public to hatred and hostility’ by the Şişli…
Bianet: Police Officers Accused of Negligence Become Plaintiffs in Book Trial Hrant Dink Murder Police Officers Accused of Negligence Become Plaintiffs in Book Trial Journalist Şener faces up to 28 years imprisonment for ‘turning people on duty against terrorism into public targets’. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU, hukuk@bianet.org Istanbul – BİA News Center, 26 June 2009, Friday On Friday, 26 June, the Istanbul…
OSCE Press release – OSCE media freedom representative urges Turkey to stop prosecution of author, reform laws that restrict speech rights VIENNA, 18 June 2009 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, asked Turkish authorities today to drop charges against journalist Nedim Sener for his investigative book on the murder of fellow journalist Hrant Dink, and…
BIA Quarterly Report Released: State’s Security Hijacks The Freedom Of Expression: “Quarterly Freedom Of Expression Monitoring Report by BIA observes: 11 individuals, 77 of them journalists, were tried in 73 different cases for their opinions and reporting rights violations by the state. 36 of them were tried under article 301. Crimes against journalists go unpunished and military based censorship is…