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Here are more reports of your "civilized" country jailing journalists and writers:
Monday, February 6, 2006
ISTANBUL - TDN with AFP
Five prominent journalists will be facing the court tomorrow on
charges of insulting the judiciary for criticizing a court decision
to suspend a conference in September on the Armenian issue.
Turkey, which drew the ire of the European Union for putting author
Orhan Pamuk on trial for his public remarks on the Armenian issue,
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face the court on charges that carry a sentence of between six months
and 10 years.
"I did nothing but enjoy my right to freedom of expression by saying
that the... conference was necessary and that the court was hampering
the proper functioning of democracy," Cemal told AFP. Twenty-nine
writers or editors are currently on trial for violating controversial
Article 301 of the new penal code, which criminalizes any opinion
that could be considered insulting towards state institutions and
"Turkishness."
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