Turkish journalist living in exile says he continues to face threats to his life - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Nicholas Potter writes a lot about the Middle East conflict. According to the daily newspaper, a poster openly calls for violence against him.

In Berlin, defamatory posters with the face of a »taz« journalist have appeared. He is then attacked for his Middle East coverage. The newspaper sees a death threat in the campaign.

Nicholas Potter regularly reports on Israel's fight against terrorists for the "taz" and on social media he has been massively attacked and threatened with death for months.

Turkish journalist living in exile says he continues to face threats to his life - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkish investigative journalist Cevheri Güven said he continues to face constant threats to his life, even after seeking asylum in Germany. Speaking to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Güven said he lived under police protection round the clock in Germany and is required to notify the police whenever he leaves his house. The veteran journalist is obliged to wear a device on his wrist, which looks like a watch but is actually a security bra…

In the sights: The hostility against the "taz" journalist Nicholas Potter reaches "a new level of violent threats", writes editor-in-chief Barbara Junge. In Berlin posters with the headline "Wanted" appeared, which show Potter's face and contain an open call for violence against him. This must be understood as a "murder threat" and represents a "level of escalation", "at which every discussion about legitimate criticism ends", says Junge. The "t…

Nicholas Potter has been threatened for months because of his coverage of the war in the Middle East. Now posters with an unmistakable message have appeared in Berlin.