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Turkey - Kurdish journalist serving 166-year jail term wins press freedom prize

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its condemnation of the way the Turkish authorities persecute journalists who try to cover Kurdish issues objectively. Several journalists with Kurdish media are currently serving long jail terms because their reporting. One of them, Vedat Kursun, was awarded a Journalists Association of Turkey press freedom prize on 24 July. He is a former editor of the Kurdish-language daily Azadiya Welat who has been held since 30 January 2009 and who has been (...)

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