Monthly Archives: April 2010

TURKEY WARNED NO EU MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT FREE MEDIA

Posted on April 19, 2010 by CIoJ in CIoJ Press releases, Press Freedom | Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE RELEASE DATE: 19 April 2010 Institute protests at jailing of Kurdish editors The Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) has sent a protest at the way Turkey continues to ignore the European Convention of Human Rights, of which it is a signatory, and to imprison senior journalists for writing about the activities of the PKK, the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party. It also calls for the immediate release of journalists now in prison for writing and publishing articles about the … →

CIoJ welcomes Select Committee findings

Posted on April 6, 2010 by CIoJ in CIoJ Press releases, News | Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE RELEASE DATE: 6 APRIL 2010 CIoJ welcomes Select Committee findings The first job for the ‘Commons Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee after the election should be to push the Department for Communities and Local Government into action over council-run newspapers. “Having highlighted the breaches on government guidelines for these propaganda sheets, the MPs who will form the new Select Committee should make it their urgent business to see that the controversy is ended once and for all … →