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MEDIA FREEDOM DECLINES IN TURKEY, PRESS GROUPS WARN
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2012 - 13:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - International Press Institute (IPI) and Turkish
Journalist Association warn against the worsening situation of media
freedom.
The decline of media freedom in Turkey is continuing, the Turkish
Journalists Association (TGC) Executive Board points out in a statement
on World Press Freedom Day, May 3.
"There are serious problems obstructing freedom of the press in
Turkey. The major ones among them are problems related to legal
obstacles, labor regulations and the structure of the media," the
statement reads, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
International Press Institute (IPI) states that in the first quarter
of the current year, 29 journalists were killed around the globe
because of their work.
Last year was the second-worst on record, with 102 journalists killed.
And 2009 was the grimmest ever, with 110 deaths ~V 32 of them in a
single election convoy massacre in the Philippines in which another
26 civilians were slain.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2012 - 13:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - International Press Institute (IPI) and Turkish
Journalist Association warn against the worsening situation of media
freedom.
The decline of media freedom in Turkey is continuing, the Turkish
Journalists Association (TGC) Executive Board points out in a statement
on World Press Freedom Day, May 3.
"There are serious problems obstructing freedom of the press in
Turkey. The major ones among them are problems related to legal
obstacles, labor regulations and the structure of the media," the
statement reads, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
International Press Institute (IPI) states that in the first quarter
of the current year, 29 journalists were killed around the globe
because of their work.
Last year was the second-worst on record, with 102 journalists killed.
And 2009 was the grimmest ever, with 110 deaths ~V 32 of them in a
single election convoy massacre in the Philippines in which another
26 civilians were slain.
From: A. Papazian