{"id":77246,"date":"2026-05-07T17:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/77246\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:34:45","slug":"press-freedom-under-pressure-as-trials-and-bans-continued-in-april-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/77246\/","title":{"rendered":"Press freedom under pressure as trials and bans continued in April: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DFG-report-April.png\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"397\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"DFG report-April\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DFG-report-April-696x397.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"397\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DFG-report-April-696x397.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"DFG report-April\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Systematic violations of the rights of journalists continued in Turkey in April, with judicial harassment and punitive practices becoming increasingly widespread, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diclefiratgazeteciler.org\/raporlar\/gazetecilere-yonelik-nisan-ayi-hak-ihlalleri-raporu-degerlendirme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">monthly report<\/a> by the Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association (DFG), a press freedom watchdog based in southeastern Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The report found that one journalist was arrested, 118 faced ongoing trials and 10 received suspended sentences totaling more than 17 years. During the month investigations were launched into nine journalists, while four others were indicted.<\/p>\n<p>One journalist reported ill-treatment in custody and another said he had been threatened. Two media outlets also faced attacks or obstruction, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of local journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkey-arrests-journalist-over-post-on-school-knife-attack-despite-later-correction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mehmet Yetim<\/a> in the southeastern province of \u015eanl\u0131urfa on charges of publicly disseminating misleading information in a social media post about a knife attack at a school demonstrated the serious threat Article 217\/A of the Turkish Penal Code poses for journalists, the DFG said.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in late 2022, the article, known as the disinformation law, requires prison sentences of one to three years for those found guilty of publicly spreading false information in a way that causes concern, fear or panic among the public.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s broadcasting regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RT\u00dcK), imposed fines on seven TV stations, issued 13 broadcast bans and suspended one program. Authorities also blocked access to 29 news reports and 18 social media posts during April.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-one journalists were imprisoned in Turkey as of May 3, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s deteriorating media landscape was further pointed out in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), where it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/country-t%C3%BCrkiye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranked<\/a>\u00a0163rd out of 180 nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Systematic violations of the rights of journalists continued in Turkey in April, with judicial harassment and punitive practices&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[145,28661,26364,312,36219,429,2033,8789,131,132,155],"class_list":{"0":"post-77246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-arrested-journalists","9":"tag-dicle-firat-journalists-association-dfg","10":"tag-disinformation-law","11":"tag-human-rights","12":"tag-mehmet-yetim","13":"tag-oppression","14":"tag-press-freedom","15":"tag-radio-and-television-supreme-council-rtuk","16":"tag-stockholm","17":"tag-sweden","18":"tag-turkey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116534500928080659","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}