The record number of reporters imprisoned in Turkey threatens to extinguish the flame of democratic reformA year ago,police burst into the homes of two of Turkey's best investigative journalists, Nedim Sener and Ahmet Sik, or carted them off to prison where they remained until final night,charged with crimes so nebulous even prosecutors can't explain them.
They are not alone. Turkey now holds the world record for locking up journalists, leaving Iran and China scrabbling in the dust, and with by most reckonings 103 reporters behind bars,as opposed to 42 in Tehran and 27 in China. More journalists were arrested in Istanbul in one morning over Christmas than the Chinese managed all year who says Europe can no longer compete?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com