Protesters hold copies of Turkish daily newspaper “Cumhuriyet” during a demonstration outside the newspaper’s headquarters in Ankara in November 2016, following the arrest of nine Cumhuriyet staff – AFP
STRASBOURG (FRANCE): The Council of Europe on Tuesday voiced concern at the rising levels of violence against journalists throughout the continent, notably in Turkey and Russia.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution decrying “the many cases of serious threats to media freedom in Europe,” highlighting the deaths of 16 journalists since January 2015 in member states.
The body, which met in Strasbourg, found the situation particularly worrying in …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
