{"id":96697,"date":"2023-04-19T10:50:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=96697"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:50:58","slug":"turkey-needs-to-stop-cracking-down-on-journalists-ngo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/96697\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Turkey needs to stop cracking down on journalists \u2013 NGO<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US non-governmental organization (NGO), recently urged Turkey to release all detained members of the press and stop prosecuting journalists who cover Kurdish issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CPJ <a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2023\/04\/turkey-charges-17-kurdish-journalists-media-worker-with-membership-in-a-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the 4<sup>th<\/sup> Court of Serious Crimes in the southeastern city of Diyarbak\u0131r has accepted an indictment of 17 Kurdish journalists who have been in pre-trial detention since June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty under Turkey\u2019s anti-terrorism laws, the CPJ said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Turkish authorities must immediately release the journalists \u2026 and stop charging members of the press reporting on Turkey\u2019s Kurdish issue under the country\u2019s terrorism laws,\u201d the CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The director said that Turkey&#8217;s latest crackdown against journalists reveals the Turkish &#8220;authorities\u2019 fear of any semblance of independent reporting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first hearing will be held on July 11, according to the NGO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish authorities always crack down on and harass Journalists for covering issues related to Kurds and the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK), as most of the times, journalists are arrested on charges of terrorism-related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February 2023, Turkish authorities attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/93638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suppress journalists\u2019<\/a> reporting related to the devastating earthquakes that hit the country, as well as for criticizing the Turkish government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Emma Jamal<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US non-governmental organization (NGO), recently urged Turkey to release all detained members of the press and stop prosecuting journalists who cover Kurdish issues. 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