Detention of journalists over report on judicial members draws international condemnation bianet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bianet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Turkey: Stop systemic detention of journalists article19.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from article19.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The undersigned organisations call on the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to place media freedom and human rights front and centre of relations with the newly re-elected Government of Turkey.
Tensions in the region have escalated after municipal elections - boycotted by the Serbian minority - brought to power ethnically Albanian mayors in three towns.
Serb Mladen Perovic merely opened his doors to ethnic Serbs and Albanians alike when violence broke out this week in Zvecan and other cities. Now he's asking why that makes him a "traitor" in the eyes of Serbian ultranationalists.