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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

VOA News - EU Repeats Warning to Turkey on Freedom of Speech

"EU Repeats Warning to Turkey on Freedom of Speech
By VOA News
12 July 2006

The European Union has again warned Turkey over freedom of speech provisions in its penal code, after Turkey's high court upheld the conviction of a journalist accused of insulting the country's national identity.

The warning came Wednesday from EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, one day after the high court confirmed a six-month jail term for an Armenian-Turkish journalist."

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