CPJ Joins Call for Turkey to Repeal Disinformation Law for Its Use Against Journalists

CPJ joins call for Turkey to repeal disinformation law for its use against journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 22 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 28 joint statement condemning Turkey’s frequent use of its disinformation law for prosecuting and imprisoning journalists. The signatories urged the Turkish authorities to release all journalists imprisoned under this law and ultimately repeal it. “Turkey’s disinformation law is structurally...

Press groups condemn Turkey’s ‘weaponization’ of disinformation law against journalists - Turkish Minute

Twenty-five international and local press freedom organizations have strongly condemned Turkey’s intensified use of its disinformation law to systematically prosecute journalists, calling for the repeal of the legislation and the immediate release of all journalists held under it, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the groups said authorities have used Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code, known as…

Press groups condemn Turkey’s ‘weaponization’ of disinformation law against journalists - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Twenty-five international and local press freedom organizations have strongly condemned Turkey’s intensified use of its disinformation law to systematically prosecute journalists, calling for the repeal of the legislation and the immediate release of all journalists held under it. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the groups said authorities have used Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code, known as the disinformation law, “as part of a wide…

Turkey: EFJ and partner organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repeal

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned organisations in strongly condemning the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the “disinformation law” — to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists, and calling on the government to repeal the provision immediately and release all journalists imprisoned under it. Since the law entered into force in October 2022, at least 83 journalists h…

Turkey: ECPMF and partner organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repeal

The undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations strongly condemn the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the “disinformation law” — to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists, and call on the government to repeal the provision immediately and release all journalists imprisoned under it. The post Turkey: ECPMF and partner organisations condemn escalating…

Turkey: International organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repeal

The undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations strongly condemn the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the “disinformation law” — to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists, and call on the government to repeal the provision immediately and release all journalists imprisoned under it.