41 journalists will spend New Year’s Eve in prison in Europe
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) strongly calls for release of imprisoned journalists in Europe. Following the reports from the national affiliates of the EFJ, 44 journalists will spend New Year’s Eve in prison in Europe: 30 in Turkey, 10 in Azerbaijan and one in Russia.
With their affiliates in Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Russia, the EFJ and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) are following closely the cases of imprisoned journalists in Europe. All of them are in prison just for having done their job.
Together with the Helsinki Commission, the EFJ calls on again the authorities of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia to release those journalists.
We will not forget them…
Turkey (follow the IFJ/EFJ campaign “Set journalists free in Turkey”)
- Ali Konar, May 27, 2010
- Beritan Canözer, December 19, 2015
- Can Dündar, November 27, 2015
- Deniz Babir, December 15, 2015
- Erdal Süsem, February 1, 2010
- Erdem Gül, November 27, 2015
- Erol Zavar, January 20, 2007
- Özgür Amed, February 23, 2015
- Ferhat Çiftçi, February 16, 2011
- Gurbet Çakar,
- Gültekin Avcı, September 20, 2015
- Hamit Dilbahar, February 13, 2010
- Hatice Duman, April 1, 2003
- Hidayet Karaca, December 19, 2014
- İdris Yılmaz, November 14, 2015
- Kamuran Sunbat,
- Kenan Karavil, December 11, 2009
- Mesut Aslan,
- Mehmet Baransu, March 2, 2015
- Mikail Barut, August 29, 2012
- Miktat Algül, May 17, 2010
- Muhammed İsmail Rasool, August 27, 2015
- Mustafa Gök, February 1, 2004
- Nuri Yeşil, May 27, 2010
- Sami Tunca, September 17, 2013
- Seyithan Akyüz, December 11, 2009
- Şahabettin Demir, May 9, 2010
- Tahsin Sağaltıcı, June 5, 2015
- Yılmaz Kahraman
- Zeki Karakuş
Azerbaijan
- Sardar Alibeili, July 31, 2013
- Nijat Aliyev, May 20, 2012
- Araz Guliyev, September 8, 2012
- Parviz Hashimli, September 17, 2013
- Seymur Hazi, August 29, 2014
- Khadija Ismayilova, December 5, 2014
- Hilal Mamedov, June 21, 2012
- Rauf Mirkadyrov, April 19, 2014
- Tofiq Yaqublu, January 24, 2013
- Avaz Zeynally, October 28, 2011
Russia
- Sergei Reznik, November 26, 2013
(Picture credit: Ozan Kose / AFP)
