State persecution against women journalists on the rise globally
Women journalists are increasingly being targeted by state institutions, not just in autocratic countries but around the globe, writes Kiran Nazish, founder of The Coalition For Women In Journalism, in her op-ed.
On October 9, 2020, Turkish authorities launched a raid at Kurdish news agencies Mesopotamia News and JinNews in their offices in the city of Van. The police immediately arrested and detained some of the journalists working there. Two of the staffers, Nazan Sala and Şehriban Abi, were among those who had previously reported on the torture of Kurdish villagers in a small town called Catak. I was later told by these journalists that the police had questioned and arrested them, particularly for their reportage on the torture cases in Catak. They were told with emphasis that they were in trouble for this coverage.
MESOPOTAMIA Agency reporter Zeynep Durgut was jailed today after she was one of four media workers held at gunpoint while covering news in Turkey’s largely Kurdish south-east.
Azad Kaya and Jinnews reporters Rojda Aydin and Derya Ren were travelling with Ms Durgut between Cizre and Sirnak when they were detained by security services on Thursday night.
The four were quizzed as part of investigations opened by the state after MA and Jin News exposed the Turkish military for allegedly throwing two Kurdish farmers, Servet Turgut and Osman Siban, from a helicopter during operations earlier this year.
Soldiers were said to have threatened to burn down a village in the Catak district of Van if they told anyone what had happened.
he has three words of advice today for the obama white house to try to salvage the party s chances of victory in 2012. those words, fire, indict and fight. james carville is joining us now. james, you created quite a stir in this article you ve written for cnn.com. let me read a couple of lines. among other things you say, what should the white house do now? one word came to mind, panic. this is what i would say to president barack obama. the time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed. what are you talking about? well, simply this. we lost two elections tuesday night. we lost 65 elections in november. it s sliding back. macroeconomics say there is 1/3 chance we are going into recession. you look how crazy the opposition party is cheering death. this is not working, not politically, economically or anything. bring in a new team and indicate to people you get it, they understand you were dealt a tough hand, b