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Turkish editor given suspended prison term for insulting Erdoğan on Twitter

June 19, 2015 2:13 PM EDT

New York, June 19, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a suspended prison term given to the editor of the English-language Turkish daily Today’s Zaman on Wednesday on charges of insulting then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a July 2014 tweet.

Turkish journalist charged over secret documents from Sledgehammer case

March 4, 2015 6:09 PM EST

New York, March 4, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to release Mehmet Baransu, a columnist and correspondent for the privately-owned daily newspaper Taraf, who has been charged with obtaining secret documents and held in custody since March 1, according to news reports.