‘Friends’ of the West, Enemies of Press Freedom
December 30, 2011 § Leave a comment
Thursday, 29 December 2011
http://www.freemedia.at/home/singleview/article/friends-of-the-west-enemies-of-press-freedom.html
A Year-End Look at 10 Press Freedom Offender States on whose Strategic Support the West Depends
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Turkey
Friend:
Relations between the west and Turkey – a NATO member since 1952 and still theoretically a candidate to join the European Union – have cooled in recent years, but U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta earlier this month said on a visit to Turkey that the country remains a “key ally”. Western powers have often turned to Turkey, which serves as a bridge between the west and the Muslim world, for help in supporting the transitions to democracy in Iraq, Egypt and Libya, and in confronting the regimes in Syria and Iran.
Press Freedom Enemy:
Turkey presented one of the worst press freedom pictures in Europe, with a judge from the European Court of Human Rights saying in November that the country had taken the lead among Council of Europe members in violations of freedom of expression, including press freedom. « Read the rest of this entry »