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Indictment Reflects Rising Pressure on Foreign Journalists in Turkey

A Turkish court will try a Dutch journalist on charges she disseminated "terrorist propaganda." The indictment could further strain relations between Ankara and Brussels and raise concerns that state pressure on journalists is extending to foreign journalists working in Turkey. Freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink is accused of posting messages on Facebook and Twitter in favor of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, a charge the Dutch journalist denies. Human rights...


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