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Turkey - 30 APR 2009 Author on trial for book deemed to "humiliate" religion more...

Turkey - 24 APR 2009 Two Kurdish newspapers suspended for a month for "spreading PKK propaganda" more...

Turkey - 23 APR 2009 Two Kurdish politicians sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment for spreading propaganda more...

Turkey - 22 APR 2009 Bookstore owner sentenced to one year in jail for pro-Kurdish statements more...

Turkey - 22 APR 2009 Journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyali assaulted by youth leader more...

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TURKEY: CHILDREN BEING JAILED UNDER ANTI-TERROR LAWS A 15-year-old boy will spend more than three years in prison for taking part in a protest organised by the Kurdish militant group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Turkish court ruled last month. He's just one of the dozens of children who has been tried or sentenced under anti-terrorism laws, report IFEX members in Turkey the Initiative for Freedom of Expression (Antenna-TR) and IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET). FULL STORY

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World Report 2009: Turkey Human Rights Watch download...

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Turkey ARTICLE 19 download...

Annual Report 2008: Turkey Reporters Without Borders download...

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Initiative for Freedom of Expression (Turkey)

BIA, the Independent Communications Network (Turkey)

Turkish PEN Centre