Monday, January 07, 2013
Hundreds of Turkish Journalists in Jails for Criticizing Government
According to Turkish daily Aksam, Turkey is the number one violator of freedom of speech and that the government intensified its suppression of press freedom in 2012.
The daily said a large number of journalists critical of the Turkish government were arrested last year because Erdogan does not tolerate any criticism.
Last month, press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), named Turkey as the world’s worst jailer of the press in 2012. Reporters Without Borders has also named Turkey as the world’s "biggest prison" for journalists .... http://www.presstv.ir
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