Amnesty urges Turkey to release jailed journalist, stop abusing justice system to suppress dissent

Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release jailed journalist Merdan Yanardağ, who was arrested on espionage charges, and to stop using the criminal justice system to target journalists for their work. Amnesty urged Turkish authorities to end the use of overly broad and vague laws and what it described as the abuse […] The post Amnesty urges Turkey to release jailed journalist, stop abusing justice system to suppress dissent appeared first on Stockholm Cente...

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