“Callousness” of Decision to Add Four Years to Journalist’s Imprisonment in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Compounded by Arrest of a Second Journalist Who Criticized the Added Sentence
Justin Shilad, PEN America’s research and advocacy lead for the Middle East and North Africa said: “The fact that Sherwani was behind bars to begin with for his critical… More
Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Award-winning filmmaker Çayan Demirel and veteran journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, directors of the documentary Bakur (which means north in Kurdish), were charged in 2017 under Article 7/2-1 of Law no. 3713 on… More
Turkey: PEN Calls for Immediate Release of Academics Arrested for Signing a Petition
PEN calls for the immediate release of 12 academics in Turkey, arrested for signing a statement denouncing attacks on ‘Kurdish and other peoples’ and for investigations into 1,116 other… More
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