Tag Archives: political repression
| Hundreds more journalists arrested as purge deepens in Turkey
Ten more journalists detained on 41st day of Turkey’s State of Emergency rule
On August 30, detention warrants were issued for 35 journalists as part of the probe launched into the July 15 coup d’état attempt, officially called the “Fethhullah Gülenist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Structure (FETÖ/PDY)” investigation. Nine of the 35 individuals on the most recent list were detained in raids that started at dawn.
Egyptian trade unionists call on global labour movement to support Alexandria Shipyard workers
Leading Egyptian trade unionists have launched an open letter calling on the global labour movement to mobilise solidarity for the Alexandria Shipyard workers, as the military court postponed the verdict in their trial for a second time until 18 September. The workers will face another month in horrific detention conditions without knowing whether they will face a jail term for organising to improve their pay and conditions at work. The 26 workers were sent to trial after the military police surrounded the Shipyard in May this year, and arrested workers on charges of “incitement to strike”.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of August 7, 2016
Police detain two journalists from state broadcaster
Police detained two correspondents for Turkey’s state-owned broadcaster TRT last night and this morning, the news website Bianet reported today. Police detained Bertan Golal from his home in Istanbul. Police attempted to detain Özcan Keser from his home in Istanbul, but the journalist was not at home when they arrived, so they phoned him and asked him to turn himself in. Keser did so, arriving at Istanbul’s Vatan Street Police Station this morning. Both journalists had previously worked for the pro-Hizmet movement Cihan News Agency, according to Bianet. The government accuses the Hizmet movement of planning a July 15 failed military coup.
Turkey bans academics from foreign travel – state broadcaster
Turkey’s High Board of Education has banned all academics from travelling abroad until further notice, state-run broadcaster TRT reported on Wednesday, after an abortive military coup prompted a wide-ranging purge of state institutions.
The report, which provided no details about the ban, came a day after the board ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans at all universities across Turkey. In a separate move on Tuesday the education ministry also revoked the licences of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions.
Stop prosecuting protesters in Macedonia!
Zdravko Saveski and Vladimir Kunovski, longtime activists and members of Levica, the recently-formed left-wing party in the Republic of Macedonia, have been kept in house arrest for over a month now. Recently, their detentions have been extended for additional 30 days.
