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Turkey: Press Freedom Groups Call for Release of Journalists

HeadlineJun 22, 2016

In Turkey, press freedom advocates rallied Tuesday to protest the arrest of two journalists and an academic on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda. Among those arrested was the head of the local Reporters Without Borders chapter. The three had taken part in a solidarity campaign for the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem.

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