“We are obeying the laws of the land and the Constitution. We are not obeying the oppression and criminalization of dissent.”
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A video interview with Zone 9 blogger and 2015 International Press Freedom Award recipient Soleyana Gebremichael.
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Arzu Geybulla discusses political imprisonment, the stifling of voices in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and her expectations for the two countries’ unsteady futures.
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In this Freedom Chat, Lindsay Bayne speaks with blogger, journalist, and human rights activist Arzu Geybulla. Currently living in Istanbul, Geybulla discusses press freedom, corruption, and political imprisonment in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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The West expressed outrage over the attacks on Charlie Hebdo’s freedom of expression, but has long stood idly by as China silences its dissenting voices.
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Journalists, media specialists and organizations supporting press freedom from the post-Soviet region will meet in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, this week to discuss current trends in their countries and to debate the way forward for the independent media.
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From ordering a TV station to stop broadcasting a speech by an opposition leader to the imprisonment of Gezi Park protesters, and from the bombing of Kurdish peasants to the targeting of journalists, each day “it seems that PM Erdoğan’s government creates new material for Ripley’s Believe it or Not.”
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