La Turquie toujours dans la ligne de mire/ Turkey Still in Focus.

Basın özgürlüğünde gerileme sürüyor  Gazetecilik mesleğini gerçekleştirmek günümüz koşullarında daha da zorlaşmıştır. Tutuklu gazeteci sayısının 100 dolayında olduğu, gazeteciler hakkında açılmış davaların ise 10 bini bulduğu bir ülkede basın özgürlüğünden söz etmek olanaksızdır. Bu yıl da basın özgürlüğü sıralamasında Türkiye’nin 197 ülke arasında 117’inci sırada ve kısmen özgür ülkeler arasında yer bulmasını ülkemize yakıştıramıyoruz. Genel [...]

World Press Freedom Day – Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2012

Le respect de la liberté de la presse incombe autant aux gouvernements qu’aux journalistes.   « Cette journée nous rappelle que nous n’avons pas le droit de rester silencieux lorsque des journalistes sont tués, battus ou emprisonnés en Europe pour avoir voulu informer le public. Nous n’avons pas le droit de fermer les yeux lorsque [...]

Freedom of the Press 2012 – The Ranking ;Turkey 148. – Belgium 20.

Turkey in Transit Washington D.C.Tuesday, May 1, 2012 – Turkey’s progress toward democratic reform has been impressive over the last decade, but stalled from 2006-2007 because of increased political polarization, according to a new report from Freedom House. Turkey in Transit: Democratization in Turkey is the first time that Freedom House applied the rigorous methodology [...]

OSCE’s study shows 95 journalists imprisoned in Turkey!

Main findings of the table of imprisoned journalists in Turkey. Sadece “sessiz” kalma hakkına sahipsin ! ©photocredit The study shows that the laws most commonly used to jail journalists are Article 5 and 7 of the Anti-Terror Law (relating to articles of the Criminal Code on terrorist offences and organizations or assisting members of or [...]

L’internet et les médias en ligne – The Internet and online media

Les droits des usagers d’abord Chaque fois que les autorités de l’Etat limitent, filtrent ou bloquent l’accès à l’internet ou aux services de communication mobile, l’article 10 de la Convention est clairement en jeu. Les Etats membres devraient encourager l’autorégulation ou la corégulation à l’égard des contenus diffusés sur internet. Les pouvoirs publics ne devraient [...]

Turkey’s Legal Problem – Türkiye reformlardan vazgeçti ! (en-fr-tr)

Reformlardan vazgeçen Türkiye, kanun yoluyla baskı uyguluyor   Turkey Uses the Law to Repress(English Version) Attaques contre la presse en 2011 (Version française) Recep Tayyip Erdogan ise Avrupalılardan hükumetinin insan hakları alanındaki kusurlarına dair nutuk dinleyecek havada degil. AB üyeligi gündemi ve onunla birlikte yasal reformlar da oldukları yerde sayıyorlar. Ayrıca, Erdogan yıllık %9 ekonomik büyüme [...]

Les médias et la promotion de la diversité culturelle : Building peace in the minds of people

Ensemble pour faire face aux défis. La diversité culturelle est donc un atout économique, social et politique qui a besoin d’être développé et géré de façon adéquate. Cependant, cette diversité peut aussi engendrer la peur et le rejet. Elle peut provoquer des différences, des incompréhensions, de l’intolérance et de la discrimination. Elle peut mener à [...]

‘Friends’ of the West, Enemies of Press Freedom

A Year-End Look at 10 Press Freedom Offender States on whose Strategic Support the West Depends 102 Journalists killed so far in 2011 Our Hero, Their prisoner; Nedim Şener  At the close of the year, the International Press Institute (IPI) takes a look at 10 states that have poor records on press freedom, but on [...]

“Herhalde” insanların cezaevinde tutulmaları için bir gerekçe olamaz ! – Turkish government politicizes legal process.

Türkiye tek parti devletine doğru gidiyor – Araştırma yapılmadan, daha mahkemeye gönderilmeden insanlar hakkında önceden tutuklama kararları veriliyor. Davalar oldukça ağır gidiyor. Deliller çok zayıf.

OSCE expresses concern over plans to criminalize genocide denial in France

The final adoption would raise serious concerns with regard to international standards of freedom of expression Turkish President urges France to quit Minsk Group Turkish FM likens French bill to dictator’s move Turkey announces sanctions against France Sarkozy defends vote on Armenia claims VIENNA– The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed [...]

Turkey & Press Freedom : Journalism and the War on Terrorism

Turkey must justify widespread arrests of journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists     is alarmed by reports of the arrests of journalists in a nationwide sweep today in Turkey, and calls on authorities to immediately disclose the names of those detained along with any charges being filed against them.

OSCE representative visits to journalists in Silivri prison.

OSCE media freedom representative calls for urgent measures to improve media freedom situation in Turkey ANKARA, 15 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, discussed today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu media freedom situation in the country, in particular imprisonment of journalists and Internet restrictions.

A big headache for Turkey.

Myths and facts about journalists in jail Yesterday, NY-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued its annual report on imprisoned journalists worldwide. It stated that there are eight journalists jailed in TR, because of their professional conduct. Thereby, CPJ “agrees” with the Reporters Without Borders, which earlier had come to the conclusion that the number [...]

Human Rights and a changing media landscape – Les droits de l’homme et la liberté et du pluralisme des médias.

La liberté des médias est menacée en Europe English version follows Londres, 08/12/11 – Dans la perspective de la journée des droits de l’homme (10 décembre), Thomas Hammarberg, Commissaire aux droits de l’homme du Conseil de l’Europe, a présenté un nouvel ouvrage intitulé Human rights and a changing media landscape lors d’une conférence de presse [...]

Dünya Basın Özgürlüğü Günü : Basına “tehdit” bizzat “basın” patronları ve çalışanları tarafından geliyor…(en – fr)

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse  – World Press Freedom Day Les médias du 21e siècle : nouvelles frontières La Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse du 3 mai instituée par les Nations Unies en 1993, est l’occasion d’informer le public à propos des violations du droit à la liberté d’expression [...]