
TEL AVIV – Egypt is second only to China as the world’s worst jailer of journalists, according to a new report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. “Perhaps nowhere has the climate for the press deteriorated more rapidly than
by Deborah Danan16 Dec 2015, 5:05 AM PST0

The editor-in-chief of the Communist Party’s largest publication in western Xinjiang province, China, was dismissed from his job and will be prosecuted for “serious discipline breaches” that include questioning China’s policy to combat Islamist Uyghur terrorism in the region.
by Frances Martel3 Nov 2015, 7:15 PM PST0

The editor-in-chief of Zaman, a major Turkish newspaper, is stepping down, citing “unlawful pressure on press” as a major factor in his departure. The resignation comes a week after a major anti-government columnist was hospitalized due to a public beating.
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

Turkish authorities are now targeting Doğan Media Group for “terrorist propaganda,” only days after mobs attacked the offices of Doğan-owned Hürriyet Daily News.
by Mary Chastain15 Sep 2015, 9:22 PM PST0

During a week in which the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has fought off three violent mobs at two of its headquarters, a rival columnist supportive of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened the life of Hurriyet writer Ahmet Hakan, noting that the AKP has “been merciful today and you are still alive,” but that can always change.
by Frances Martel10 Sep 2015, 7:00 PM PST0

No sooner did the Turkish government release two British reporters for Vice News, arrested while covering clashes between police and the militant youth wing of the Kurdish PKK party, than they arrested a Dutch reporter working in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
by John Hayward8 Sep 2015, 11:58 AM PST0

Supporters of Turkey’s Islamist ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) attacked the headquarters of major newspaper Hurriyet on Sunday night. In response, the government is seeking not to investigate the attacks, but Hurriyet, for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
by Frances Martel8 Sep 2015, 7:05 AM PST0

A swarm of angry pro-Justice and Development Party protesters led by an Istanbul member of Parliament attacked Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper with stones, shouting “God is great” and asserting that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would continue ruling the country regardless of the upcoming election’s outcome.
by Frances Martel7 Sep 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

A new poll from the Levada Center think tank shows that 59% of Russians believe America is a real threat to the sovereignty of Russia. The results come after a friendly meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
by Mary Chastain14 May 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

The Turkish prosecutor in Diyarbakir, the symbolic capital of the Kurds, charged Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink with “terrorist propaganda.” She faces one to five years in prison if found guilty.
by Mary Chastain4 Feb 2015, 1:01 PM PST0

HBO host Bill Maher and filmmaker Laura Poitras, who worked with Glenn Greenwald on the Edward Snowden story, dubbed President Obama “perhaps the worst president we’ve had on clamping down on the press” on Friday’s “Real Time.” Maher began by
by Ian Hanchett30 Jan 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

The Santa Barbara News-Press will not change its usage of the term “illegals” to describe people in the United States without permission, despite an attack on Wednesday night or Thursday morning that left the message, “The border is illegal, not the people who cross it,” spray-painted in red on its front entrance.
by William Bigelow9 Jan 2015, 12:46 PM PST0