WPFC wrote to the president of Armenia urging him to use his influence to gain the release of the editor-in-chief of the country's largest newspaper. (WPFC/IFEX) – The World Press Freedom Committee ...

The charges stem from Özgüns 1998 new trial petition in which he accused security forces of brutality in southeastern Anatolia and of murdering journalists belonging to pro-Kurdish newspapers. In a 28 ...

The brief is based on broad international jurisprudence - especially that of the inter-American justice system - that holds that defamation sanctions must be dealt with by civil, not criminal, courts.