Publisher Tas, is due to appear in court on charges of publishing propaganda against the indivisible unity of the countryWAN

Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC): The effect of such wide scale judicial action on the right to free expression in Turkey is extremely worrying.

Ersen Korkmaz, columnist and editor of local daily Demokrat Iskenderun prosecuted for his column criticisng Turkeys foreign policy. Charged with violating Article 159 of the Penal Code, Korkmaz is faced with 18 months in prison.