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13. January 2021 – Freedom of the press in Turkey
The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) - 2021-01-15 15:29Noam Chomksy opens Rojava University Freedom Lectures
ANF - 2021-01-15 10:38
Politicians, journalist among 48 detained in İzmir-based counterterrorism operation: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-15 06:41Turkish authorities yet to start investigation into disappearance of purged public servant after 15 days - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-14 21:16Kongreya Star: We have achieved many gains in 16 years
ANF - 2021-01-14 20:07

Donald Trump will give Bill Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom - ProFootballTalk
Nbcsports - 2021-01-14 13:49“Time for Freedom” demo in Brussels
ANF - 2021-01-13 21:009 Kurdish deputies to face proceedings over charges related to Kobani protests - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-13 16:58
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he won't accept Presidential Medal of Freedom
Nbcnews - 2021-01-13 11:13Gross human rights violations continue in Turkish prisons, says report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-13 01:53
Turkey will never give up press freedom, Erdoğan says | Ahval
Ahvalnews - 2021-01-13 01:53
Stockholm Center for Freedom joins the Alliance Against Genocide - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-13 01:53
Bill Belichick won’t accept Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump after all - pennlive.com
Pennlive - 2021-01-13 01:53Turkish President Erdoğan accuses local politician, university students of terrorism - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-12 19:49
Donald Trump to confer Medal of Freedom on Pats coach Bill Belichick despite Capitol chaos
Republicworld - 2021-01-12 15:00
Erdoğan’s far-right ally renews call to shut down pro-Kurdish HDP: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-11 19:4343 people killed, 240 maltreated, tortured in Turkey in December 2020: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-11 16:49
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-11 09:29
Donald Trump to give Medal of Freedom to Bill Belichick
Yahoo - 2021-01-11 07:15Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' tweet
BBC - 2021-01-11 00:23
"96 percent of the media controlled by the government"
ANF - 2021-01-10 14:11
Artists in Europe launch campaign 'The time for Freedom is now'
ANF - 2021-01-08 19:33
International organizations protest the KDP
ANF - 2021-01-08 15:11
Iraqi Kurdistan Journalists’ Syndicate records 138 violations against journalists in 2020
E-Kurd - 2021-01-08 02:06
Court accepts indictment against jailed Kurdish leaders over Kobani protests: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-07 21:40PKK: Paris killings targeted free humanity
ANF - 2021-01-07 20:08

Imprisoned Chinese Journalist Zhang Zhan Tops January Ranking Of One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” Press Freedom Cases
Forbes - 2021-01-07 03:59
Turkish authorities must release Mehmet Aslan and refrain from arresting journalists based on vague investigations: CPJ - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-06 22:41Janet Biehl tells of her involvement in solidarity with Kurds
ANF - 2021-01-06 10:28

Press freedom groups document over 300 violations in Iraq during 2020
Kurdistan24 - 2021-01-06 08:23
The Year in Review: Torture and Inhuman Treatment - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-05 19:06Noam Chomsky will open Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series
ANF - 2021-01-05 08:46

Syrian refugees, political opposition and İstanbul Convention were the subjects of most disinformation, report says - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-05 07:57
The Year In Press Freedom: 10 Urgent Cases Of Journalism Under Attack
Forbes - 2021-01-04 19:30Julian Assange: UK court to rule on WikiLeaks founder’s US extradition in ‘biggest press freedom case for decades’ | The Independent
Independent - 2021-01-04 10:16Chinese journalist tops ’10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases focused on threats faced by journalists in 2020 - The Boston Globe
Bostonglobe - 2021-01-04 09:12
The Year in Review: Minority and Refugee Rights - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-03 08:18Covid: How the war on the virus attacked freedom in Asia
BBC - 2021-01-03 01:09
Kurdish man picnicking in SE Turkey injured after security forces fire warning shots - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-01-01 23:03HBDH Militia carried out 63 actions in 2020
ANF - 2021-01-01 16:47

Erdoğan promises reforms in 2021, but human rights and press freedom are tough nuts to crack | Euronews
Euronews - 2021-01-01 13:44Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding violations of freedom of expression - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-31 22:22
Turkey’s crackdown on freedom of expression highlighted in new report | Arab News
Arabnews - 2020-12-31 22:22
Russia's Geopolitical Ambitions in Africa - Toward Freedom
Towardfreedom - 2020-12-31 20:33HDP wishes 2021 to be 'the year of freedom'
ANF - 2020-12-31 13:45KONGRA-GEL: We will turn 2021 into a year of freedom and solution
ANF - 2020-12-31 13:16

US commission on religious freedom raises alarm over China s extradition treaty with Turkey -ANI - BW Businessworld
Businessworld - 2020-12-31 02:46
Journalists covering story of Kurdish villagers thrown from helicopter detained in dawn raids - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-29 19:35
How press freedom and free speech came under attack worldwide in 2020 | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hongkongfp - 2020-12-28 06:26Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-27 09:01Turkey shuts down Olay TV station after broadcasting pro-Kurdish views
E-Kurd - 2020-12-26 14:29
CPJ calls on Masrour Barzani to respect press freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan: letter
E-Kurd - 2020-12-24 02:52

Erdoğan remains defiant amid calls for release of Kurdish leader Demirtaş following European rights court’s decision - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-23 23:02
Turkish gov’t uses TRT as a weapon to spread its censorship to YouTube: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-23 23:02CPJ calls on Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani to respect press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ - 2020-12-23 19:57KCDK-E: Expose the fascist Turkish regime wherever you are
ANF - 2020-12-23 08:14

70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-23 07:22European Court of Human Rights calls for immediate release of Kurdish leader Demirtaş in new ruling - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-23 06:09
Journalist Murders Double in 2020, Press Freedom Group Says | Voice of America - English
Voanews - 2020-12-23 06:09
SBS Language | Kurdish asylum seeker Farhad Bandesh plans to host art and music events to 'Celebrate' his freedom
SBS - 2020-12-23 03:45Shaping tech policy at the Federal Communications Commission: Highlights from a conversation with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
AEI - 2020-12-23 00:04
President Reagan on why freedom is key to maximizing human potential and prosperity
AEI - 2020-12-23 00:04 Thinking about the possibilities of what may come and what is needed to make them happen recalls President Reagan’s great speech to the students of Moscow State University in 1988. The post President Reagan on why freedom is key to maximizing human potent ...

YouTube’s decision to appoint local representative in Turkey will increase censorship, rights watchdogs say - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-22 19:22
Kavala’s ongoing detention runs against Turkey’s commitment to rule of law and respect for fundamental rights: European Union - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-22 19:22
42 inmates test positive for COVID-19 in Turkey’s Düzce Prison as cases soar - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-22 19:22
Scores of women tell of unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons after AKP deputy’s denial: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-21 14:39
Imprisoned Turkish Journalist Ahmet Altan Tops December Ranking Of One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” Press Freedom Cases
Forbes - 2020-12-21 09:05ECtHR rules rights violated in first purge case from Turkey: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-21 09:05Egits and Zilans of the new era
ANF - 2020-12-19 15:19
CFWIJ demands immediate release of journalist Zeynep Durgut
ANF - 2020-12-19 13:36

Turkey’s top court denies release of former colonel suffering from advanced stage MS - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-17 20:31
Businessman battling cancer imprisoned for links to Gülen movement - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-17 20:31
Amnesty slams Turkey’s human rights violations under pretext of pandemic measures: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-17 20:31
Using genocidal language, Erdoğan ally defines Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party as ‘poisonous vermin,’ calls for its closure - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-17 20:01
Spotlight turns on press freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan with demands for release of Sherwan Sherwani | Morning Star
Morningstaronline - 2020-12-17 19:20
The Fortunes of Freedom in the World Today | National Review
Nationalreview - 2020-12-17 12:53
3-year-old prescribed psychiatric medication after mother locked up on bogus terrorism charges - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-16 18:18
Turkey’s massive purge forces even the most fragile to leave - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-16 17:39
Broadcasting watchdog RTÜK contributes to increasing censorship in Turkey: Human Rights Watch - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-16 17:39Human rights associations issue statement demanding paralyzed inmate's release from prison - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-16 17:39KON-MED calls for participation in Kassel march
ANF - 2020-12-16 17:20

Press freedom: Journalists end up in jail for reporting on coronavirus crisis | News | DW | 14.12.2020
DW - 2020-12-15 06:26
Photographer Kristin Cass presents digital exhibitions: The New Freedom Fighters, Borderlands Under Fire
Armenianweekly - 2020-12-15 00:16KNK: We support the demands of South Kurdistan people
ANF - 2020-12-13 20:50

Kurdish teenager fatally shot by soldiers in southeast Turkey - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-13 17:38Internationalist Commune of Rojava commemorates Michael Panser
ANF - 2020-12-13 12:45
HRE fighter Ebdilhemid Ismail passes away
ANF - 2020-12-12 14:33

US election’s oddest moments: dead man gets voted in, ‘BBQ, Beer, Freedom’ man gets angry
Irishtimes - 2020-12-12 13:43
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-12 03:38International Day of Human Rights/ Continuation of human rights violations in Eastern Kurdistan by the Iranian government
Kurdistan Human Rights Association - 2020-12-11 18:07

Police officer who fatally shot Kurdish student acquitted of charges - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-10 10:02
Pro-Kurdish party discovers wiretapping devices in İstanbul headquarters - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-10 06:20PAK Leadership ratified the project of ‘Kurdistan National Army’
Michael Arizanti - 2020-12-09 23:22

Turkey’s top court denies paralyzed Kurdish man release from prison - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-09 20:26
Religious freedom as a universal message of Hanukkah
JNS - 2020-12-09 19:28
Turkish women's rights activist to receive Germany’s Anne Klein Women’s Award 2021 - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2020-12-09 19:28
Greek FM To Participate In The World Press Freedom Conference - Greek City Times
Greekcitytimes - 2020-12-09 15:51
NBA Player Enes Kanter and 30 Prominent Panelists All Around the World Will Speak at Freedom Convention 2020: Turkey
Prnewswire - 2020-12-09 09:11