08 September 2015 The arrest of Dutch journalist, Frederike Geerdink, is yet another example of the worsening condition for freedom of expression in Turkey, PEN International, PEN Turkey and PEN Netherlands said today. PEN is calling on the Turkish authorities...
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07 September 2015, London Writers including Hanif Kureishi, Elif Shafak, and Ali Smith have joined PEN International and English PEN in a letter to President Erdoğan calling for the immediate release of VICE News journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool. The letter,...
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Dear President Erdoğan As writers, journalists and members of PEN, we are writing to express our extreme concern about the current crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey. Last week, VICE News’s team was detained in Turkey while reporting in...
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British journalist Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury were reporting from south-eastern Turkey along with two VICE News colleagues when they were detained last Thursday. The reporting team had previously covered a story about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
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3 June 2015 PEN Turkey, English PEN and PEN International are seriously concerned for Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, who has been accused of espionage by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan. PEN is calling for the complaint brought...
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