Press freedoms face unprecedented attack around the world

Press freedoms face unprecedented attack around the world

A row over the Spanish government’s reported attempt to seize control of a leading newspaper is only the latest example of the strictures being placed on journalists, says Chris Blackhurst

EDITORIAL: The imprisonment in Turkey of journalist Joakim Medin follows a regrettable development in which freedom of expression and the press is shrinking.

Turkey: Ensure the right of peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of expression during protests

Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of human rights defenders, are alarmed by the recent escalation in the government's crackdown on freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly following the detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Tens of thousands continue to partic…