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Does Hess' Deportation Mean Turkey's Tough on Journalists?
Aug 16th 2010 – 3:43PM
Margaree Little
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 16) -- As U.S. freelance journalist Jake Hess waited today for the Turkish government to finish the paperwork necessary to deport him, his detention has prompted some to wonder whether press freedom has taken a turn for the worse in Turkey. Hess was detained Wednesday in the Kurdish majority city of...
Turkey Draws Fire for Detaining US Journalist
Aug 13th 2010 – 1:03PM
Margaree Little
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 13) -- An American freelance journalist has been detained in Turkey after writing articles on the Turkish military's alleged abuse of Kurds in the country's southeast. Jake Hess, who earned a master's degree in history from Brown University in 2008, was detained Wednesday evening at his hotel in the...
Background on Human Rights Association
The Human Rights Association (HRA; İHD) is an NGO for advancing Human rights in Turkey, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Ankara.
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