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Don't read too much into Turkey's gag order reversal, warn free press advocates

Don't read too much into Turkey's gag order reversal, warn free press advocates
Amberin Zaman September 17, 2019

ARTICLE SUMMARY
Turkey’s highest court has struck down a reporting ban surrounding a 2013 corruption probe, but some human rights defenders warn the win for press freedom may prove minor.

REUTERSSupporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party hold a banner of four former ministers while shouting anti-government slogans during a protest in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 17, 2014.
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled unanimously that a reporting ban slapped on the work of a parliamentary commission set up to investigate corruption charges leveled against four former ministers in a quashed 2013 probe violated free expression and press freedom.

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