then as usual is among the nearly one hundred forty journalists and writers jailed in turkey a following a failed attempt to overthrow the government in two thousand and sixteen in the aftermath thousands of civil servants were arrested over a ledge of links to the coup however the purge spread to anyone perceived as critical including academics writers and journalists we met a court reporter who observes and documents the sentences passed on them every day all the while knowing she could be the next victim of justice. at breakfast shannon shakun isn t ready checking to see if there have been any more arrests for years the thirty year old has worked as a court reporter covering the trials of her colleagues at a chink i check if other journalists were imprisoned since the police weren t at my place at five am they could have struck somewhere else. she has lost her sense of humor without it she says she wouldn t be able to last in her job
shakun returns to the editorial department of her newspapers him her yet three of her colleagues are currently in prison and dozens of accusations are pending. the editors fight to survive and shako knows that she could be indicted at any time for her court reporting magical bible. says in turkey there is no system of law that protects the rights of individuals entire groups in society have been declared enemies and their rights are just taken away so look to you all over. the world would not be aware of this safe shannon didn t get up every morning to report from the inside of istanbul s palace of justice. last week showed a hopeful sign turkey s constitutional court ruled that to jailed journalists be released after more than a year in prison but hours later the ruling was overturned but the government saying turkey s highest court i ve gone too far by the end of the nineteenth
ahead of prison term proles visit to britain for talks with the prime minister to resign the. european union has been heavily criticized for its treatment of a sigh of migrants and asylum seekers a new human rights watch report highlights for europe s efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in twenty seven it also condemns turkey for violating human rights more than one hundred forty journalists are being held in turkish prisons following twenty sixteen s failed coup d. w. has been speaking with a turkish court reporter who s covered many of those journalist trials. at breakfast shannon shakun is a ready checking to see if there have been any more arrests for years the thirty year old has worked as a court reporter covering the trials of her connie. i check if other journalists were imprisoned since the police weren t at my place at five am they could have struck somewhere else. she hasn t lost her sense of humor