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    WORLD'S PRESS URGES KERRY TO RAISE PRESS FREEDOM ISSUES WITH TURKEY

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/23937/world%E2%80%99s-press-urges-kerry-to-raise-press-freedom-issues-with-turkey.html
    14:28, February 28, 2013

    The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
    and the World Editors Forum have called on the newly appointed US
    Secretary of State, John Kerry, to raise press freedom concerns with
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during Mr Kerry's visit
    to Turkey on Friday.

    In a letter to Secretary Kerry, WAN-IFRA, the global organisation of
    the world's newspapers and news publishers, highlighted the plight of
    jailed journalists in Turkey and called for greater press freedoms
    and the end to the use of criminal charges to punish journalists
    simply for doing their jobs.

    Turkey has more journalists in its jails than any other country in
    the world.

    "Turkey's position as the world's largest jailer of journalists is
    simply unacceptable," said the WAN-IFRA letter. "A country so often
    hailed as the democratic example for the aspirations of an entire
    region, one with such a history-rich and high caliber press, cannot
    condone the imprisonment of journalists."

    Turkey denies jailing journalists and often instead claims they are
    'terrorists'. The international community has firmly rejected this
    contention.

    Evidence published in an October 2012 report by the New York-based
    Committee to Protect Journalists suggests authorities "have conflated
    the expression of political views the government finds offensive with
    outright terrorism." There are at least 49 journalists in Turkish
    jails, according to the CPJ report.

    Turkey's restrictive legal environment, and its sweeping national
    security measures and anti-terrorism legislation, are frequently
    deployed against journalists to silence critical voices.

    Having written to Turkish authorities over a range of issues in recent
    years, WAN-IFRA is urging Secretary Kerry to raise the issue of press
    freedom and "to seek the freedom of all journalists imprisoned for
    their writing as a matter of urgency."

    Read the full letter http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/72798/

    More on WAN-IFRA and WEF press freedom initiatives can be found at
    http://www.wan-ifra.org

    WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with
    subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the
    global organisation of the world's newspapers and news publishers. It
    represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and
    over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is
    to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial
    integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.

    The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
    and the World Editors Forum have called on the newly appointed US
    Secretary of State, John Kerry, to raise press freedom concerns with
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during Mr Kerry's visit
    to Turkey on Friday.

    In a letter to Secretary Kerry, WAN-IFRA, the global organisation of
    the world's newspapers and news publishers, highlighted the plight of
    jailed journalists in Turkey and called for greater press freedoms
    and the end to the use of criminal charges to punish journalists
    simply for doing their jobs.

    Turkey has more journalists in its jails than any other country in
    the world.

    "Turkey's position as the world's largest jailer of journalists is
    simply unacceptable," said the WAN-IFRA letter. "A country so often
    hailed as the democratic example for the aspirations of an entire
    region, one with such a history-rich and high caliber press, cannot
    condone the imprisonment of journalists."

    Turkey denies jailing journalists and often instead claims they are
    'terrorists'. The international community has firmly rejected this
    contention.

    Evidence published in an October 2012 report by the New York-based
    Committee to Protect Journalists suggests authorities "have conflated
    the expression of political views the government finds offensive with
    outright terrorism." There are at least 49 journalists in Turkish
    jails, according to the CPJ report.

    Turkey's restrictive legal environment, and its sweeping national
    security measures and anti-terrorism legislation, are frequently
    deployed against journalists to silence critical voices.

    Having written to Turkish authorities over a range of issues in recent
    years, WAN-IFRA is urging Secretary Kerry to raise the issue of press
    freedom and "to seek the freedom of all journalists imprisoned for
    their writing as a matter of urgency."

    Read the full letter http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/72798/

    More on WAN-IFRA and WEF press freedom initiatives can be found at
    http://www.wan-ifra.org

    WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with
    subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the
    global organisation of the world's newspapers and news publishers. It
    represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and
    over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is
    to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial
    integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.

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