This week, controversy over the Venezuelan presidential election, Liu Futang put on trial for “printing his books without proper licenses,” and the United Nations condemnation of the killing of Indian correspondent Chaitali Santra.
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Released from jail after one year’s incarceration, renowned Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener remain on trial with 11 other reporters for being suspected members of alleged terrorist group Ergenekon.
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The arrest of Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in March this year has put press freedom in Turkey under the international spotlight. CPJ’s Robert Mahoney sent written questions to the reporters in their Istanbul jail. Read their replies.
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