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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Turkey condemned for banning newspaper

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Turkey for "limiting freedom of expression" over the closure of the newspaper Yedinci Gündem. It was banned under an emergency law four days after being launched in June. When legal appeals proved fruitless, its ten staff appealed to the ECHR. The court decided unanimously that interference with the newspaper's activities was "unnecessary in a democratic society" and in violation of Article 10. (Via IFEX)

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