07 May 1998
IFJ Congress 1998: Turkey
RESOLUTION
TURKEY
The 23rd IFJ World Congress, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998,
recognising the appeals for support from colleagues in Turkey and Turkish Kurdistan;
noting that our IFJ colleagues from Turkey are not present at Congress and that Kurdish Journalists Union could not affiliate to the IFJ,
calls on the IFJ to pressure the Turkish government into granting the following:
· Freedom of movement for Turkish, Kurdish an foreign journalists in all parts of Turkey including the areas under emergency rule.
· Freedom of expression in all communications, private and public.
· An end to murder, torture, imprisonment, harassment and intimidation of journalists and other professionals in the media, information and communication sector.
· The release of imprisoned journalists, who have been sentenced because of their work as professionals.
TURKEY
The 23rd IFJ World Congress, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998,
recognising the appeals for support from colleagues in Turkey and Turkish Kurdistan;
noting that our IFJ colleagues from Turkey are not present at Congress and that Kurdish Journalists Union could not affiliate to the IFJ,
calls on the IFJ to pressure the Turkish government into granting the following:
· Freedom of movement for Turkish, Kurdish an foreign journalists in all parts of Turkey including the areas under emergency rule.
· Freedom of expression in all communications, private and public.
· An end to murder, torture, imprisonment, harassment and intimidation of journalists and other professionals in the media, information and communication sector.
· The release of imprisoned journalists, who have been sentenced because of their work as professionals.
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