freedomforragip

2012 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee publisher Ragıp Zarakolu spent close to 6 months in a F-type high security prison between 1 Nov. 2011 and 10 April 2012. The prosecutor has demanded between 7.5 and 15 years in prison for Ragıp. This IPA Freedom to Publish Committee blog aims at shedding light on his case and urges the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against him.

Legal Documents & Reports

27 February Application to the European Court of Human Rights – Accompanying document (English translation) Freedom to Publish Report by the Turkish Publishers Association (Oct. 2011) Freedom of Expression in Turkey – … Continue reading

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Events

1 May 2012 Ragip Zarakolu to Receive Association of American Publishers’ Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award 15 March 2012 Meeting for FoE in Turkey, Istanbul

February 23, 2012 · Leave a comment

Ragıp Zarakolu in the Press

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/publisher-zarakolu-released-from-prison.aspx?pageID=238&nID=18106&NewsCatID=339 http://www.bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/136981-joint-struggle-for-release-of-journalists-must-be-continued http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pen-official-publisher-slam-turkey-on-scribes.aspx?pageID=238&nID=16036&NewsCatID=339 http://www.sabitfikir.com/haber/12den-12ye-dusunce-ve-ifade-ozgurlugu http://www.bianet.org/bianet/ifade-ozgurlugu/136965-dort-gazeteci-yetmez-mucadeleye-devam http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25330903/ http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=323036 http://www.evrensel.net/news.php?id=25138 http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/la-detention-de-l-editeur-turc-ragip-zarakolu-pour-terrorisme-fait-scandale_1051648.html http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/tuerkei-verurteilt-mehr-menschen-wegen-terror-als-china-freigeister-unerwuenscht-1.1185456 http://www.nyemeninger.no/alle_meninger/cat1002/subcat1019/thread203760/#post_203760 http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/armenischer-genozid-schwarze-loecher-der-tuerkei-11519862.html http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2011/11/07/01003-20111107ARTFIG00731-le-pouvoir-turc-muselle-les-intellectuels-pro-kurdes.php http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=no-respite-in-anti-pkk-raids-erdogan-declares-2011-11-07 http://www.svb.se/nyheter/prisbel-nt-turkisk-f-rl-ggare-f-ngslad http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/02/turkish-publisher-arrest-ragip-zarakolu http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ipa-calls-immediate-release-zarakolu.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/49353-aap-speaks-out-against-arrest-of-turkish-publisher.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=7ffb106ca1-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email http://istanbul.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/11/02/les-derapages-en-serie-de-la-lutte-antiterroriste-en-turquie/ http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012368721-l-editeur-turc-ragip-zarakolu-encore-arrete http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/monde/20111101.AFP7422/turquie-arrestation-de-44-personnes-accusees-de-liens-avec-la-rebellion-kurde.html

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Latest News

28 September 2012 – Freedom to Publish Trial Continues in Turkey – IPA Calls for Release of Academic and Publisher Deniz Zarakolu 2 July 2012 – Freedom to Publish Trial … Continue reading

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