"A Clear Assault on the Press
There are too many ways to silence journalists who do not always follow the government line.
The Committee to Protect Journalists catalogs deaths and imprisonments — 14 journalists murdered so far this year and an estimated 150 unfairly imprisoned around the world. Now Turkey has provided a particularly chilling example of another way to shut down independent voices — a fine of $2.5 billion that appears to be designed to put a major media company out of business. As the committee’s executive director, Joel Simon, said, “A hefty fine is often an effective cloak for repression.”"
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