Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "Russian journalists flee their country to Turkey amid media crackdown • FRANCE 24 English" video.

  1. Leaving Russia for Turkey because of declining press freedom is like going from the fire to the far edge of the frying pan. Better, but not out of danger by any means.
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  2. "Turkey has earned an accolade which holds no glory: according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it is the biggest jailer of journalists in the world."
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  3.  @PESSIMDIINDIRTIKLAKAPINAGELSIN  - Journalists in Turkey know precisely what I'm speaking about. "More than 200 journalists and media workers have been imprisoned in Turkey in the past five years. Thirteen of them are still being held. Turkey continues to be one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists." "...]63] journalists convicted of "insulting the President" under article 299 of the criminal code since Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected president in August 2014. Journalists are also often convicted under the terrorism law, usually on a charge of supporting or being a member of an illegal organization. The law on banking and the law or capital markets are also used to prosecute and convict business reporters."
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