Thursday, December 29, 2005

BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkish press attacks insult law

"Turkish press attacks insult law
Turkish press

Many Turkish papers are strongly critical of a law against insulting the state and raise concerns about the ongoing trial of prominent novelist Orhan Pamuk.

Some papers regret that the law - Article 301 of the penal code - might also lead to charges against Dutch Member of the European Parliament Joost Lagendijk saying that it might damage Turkey's international image and dash its EU membership hopes."

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