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Read in Turkish/ Türkçe Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the continuing arbitrary arrests and escalating violence against journalists covering anti-government demonstrations in Turkey. At least eight journalists were briefly arrested yesterday in Istanbul. Violence spread after the police retook Istanbul's Gezi Park on the evening of 15 June. Media personnel were kept at a distance from the police operation and access to Taksim Square was ... Full story

Читать по-русски в PDF и ниже / Read in Russian Reporters Without Borders is deeply concerned at the approval by the lower house of the Russian Parliament, the Duma, two days ago of two acts restricting freedom of information on the pretext of protecting religious feelings and traditional family values. The press freedom organization calls on the authorities to refrain from enacting the legislation, which ... Full story

On the second day of a two-day visit to Athens in the wake of the Greek government's abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT's three TV stations, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire called today for a “media spring” in Greece. In interviews for various media, including those of ERT, and in an address to thousands of demonstrators outside ERT headquarters today, Deloire stressed RWB's solidarity ... Full story

Read in Turkish/ Türkçe At least three journalists were injured during the clashes that occurred yesterday when the police used force to clear Istanbul's Taksim Square of protesters. “We are becoming increasingly concerned about the dangerous climate for journalists covering Turkey's protest movement,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Two weeks after the start of the anti-government protests, journalists are the targets of police violence, threats from ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire is flying to Athens today to meet with Greek journalists, including representatives of state broadcaster ERT, whose three TV stations were abruptly shut down by the government last night. Deloire will hold a news conference on the current state of freedom of information in Greece outside ERT headquarters at 11:00 AM tomorrow (08:00 GMT). He also plans to meet ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the growing number of news providers being arrested in connection with the continuing anti-government protests in Turkey. “The arrests of news providers throughout the country is a source of deep concern,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We urge the authorities to act with restraint and stop carrying out such arrests, which are so disproportionate that they seem designed to ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders president Dominique Gerbaud, RWB International president Gérald Sapey and RWB secretary-general Christophe Deloire point out that Robert Ménard left the organization in 2008. Since then, he has not occupied any position within RWB. The organization he helped to found in 1985 and ran for 23 years is not in any way bound by his political views or activities. Reporters Without Borders promotes ... Full story

Read in Turkish / Türkçe Reporters Without Borders condemns the brutal police action against media workers covering the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul. We understand that 14 journalists have been injured, some seriously, since the protests began in Istanbul and elsewhere. Dozens of other people have been affected by tear gas, which has been used widely against the protesters. See the CNN Turk video “The ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders, which last visited Greece in September 2011 to investigate the collapse in the media environment and the future of journalism, is alarmed by the steady decline in respect for media freedom and firmly condemns the neo-Nazi abuses against journalists and news media now taking place on an almost daily basis. “The rise of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn has unfortunately been accompanied ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the sentence of 13 and a half months in prison that an Istanbul magistrate's court passed yesterday on Turkish-Armenian journalist Sevan Nisanyan for posting “insulting” comments about Mohammed in his blog. “Nisanyan's jail sentence is a grave violation of freedom of information and sends a threatening message to fellow journalists and bloggers that is unacceptable,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It ... Full story