Monday, September 14, 2015

Conference to tackle press freedom and labor rights in Turkey - RIGHTS

Conference to tackle press freedom and labor rights in Turkey

Emrah Güler - ANKARA

“Jailed journalists, threshold for collective bargaining, no freelancers rights, refusals of press cards, restrictions of accreditation, growing prosecutions, less freedom to publish.” This bleak picture will be at the heart of an upcoming conference on press freedom and labor rights in Turkey, titled “Turkey: Fighting for journalists rights and freedoms in a politically polarized country” and held on Sept. 17-18 in Istanbul.

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