Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Turkey ‘silences critics’ with presidential insult law

Turkey

ISTANBUL – Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas begins her second month in detention on Tuesday for “insulting the president”, an increasingly common offence which observers believe is stifling critical voices 16 months before the presidential election. The 52-year-old has already spent longer in jail than any other journalist for this alleged offence, according to the NGO … Read more