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ISTANBUL: Leading Turkish actor Genco Erkal, 83, announced on Saturday that he is facing an investigation for exercising his freedom of expression. Erkal, an outspoken government critic, is bring investigated for “insulting the Turkish president” and will give his testimony on Monday. His social media postings on Twitter since 2016 are being examined, Erkal said, without giving further details. “Insulting the president” has become a widespread excuse for launching investigations against prominent popular figures, with several top actors and musicians being investigated despite their a...

Why charge Saudi crown prince MBS in Germany? In a complaint to German federal prosecutors, Reporters Without Borders has accused the Saudi crown prince of crimes against humanity. The question is whether they will launch a case. RSF said the detention of journalists in Saudi Arabia is widespread and contravenes international law After spending a year talking to witnesses and experts and collecting evidence, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a complaint of over 300 pages with the German Office of the Federal Prosecutor accusing Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) and several high-r...

Women Writing War Redux: Ukraine’s Iya Kiva In their introduction to Words Without Borders’ “#Russophonia: New Writing in Russian” issue, Hilah Kohen and Josephine von Zitzewitz highlight several significant issues that “preoccupy Russian society and Russophone communities around the world. The first is the war in Eastern Ukraine.” Words Without Borders’ “Women Write War” issue of April 2016 featured the writing of two Ukrainian poets about this war, Lyudmyla Khersonska and Lyuba Yakimchuk, while Xenia Emelyanova’s anti-war poem “Destined from Birth” appears in the ...

Doctors Without Borders ambulance fired on in South-West Cameroon Format 4 Feb 2021 Thursday, February 4, 2021 — In the early hours of 4 February, a Doctors Without Borders ambulance was fired on by armed men while responding to a call in Muyuka, South-West Cameroon. The ambulance was hit and the accompanying nurse was injured. Doctors Without Borders condemns this attack on our colleague and a clearly marked ambulance. Healthcare facilities, including ambulances, are not targets. Following this attack, a second ambulance was dispatched to pick up the patient who is in critical condition an...

More than ever, journalists in Belarus need support January 7, 2021 Share This! Journalists are still being detained in Belarus, months after a rigged presidential election. Among the latest to have been arrested is Yulia Slutskaya, founder of the Press Club Belarus. Yulia Slutskaya is a prominent Belarusian journalist and the founder of the local Press Club, which runs educational and cultural initiatives relating to journalism, and hosts professional development events. In July 2016 I had the pleasure of being invited to meet with her, and with her students of journalism, to share my experi...