International organizations Reporters Without Borders (RSF), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Amnesty International Turkey and International Press Institute (IPI) have denounced the access block imposed on bianet.
Access to all content of bianet which consists of more than 200 thousand news reports and articles shall be blocked according to the court order.
The Ankara 3rd Penal Judgeshp of Peace has ruled that access to 136 web addresses shall be blocked upon a request by the Gendarmerie General Command. Both the request and the order are dated July 16, 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Altınel, an academic for peace, served 81 days in prison for "terrorist propaganda" because of interpreting speeches in an event. "I learned valuable knowledge from my friends in prison," he says.
Today is Saturday. Istiklal Avenue is congested. Some came for shopping, some for hanging around. We are on Çukurleşme street, one of the busiest in the area, also where the Human Rights Association (İHD) is on.
Utku Çakırözer from the main opposition CHP has said that all the academics must return to their schools after the Constitutional Court ruling in a visit to the "street university" run by the discharged academics.
The Constitutional Court concluded the applications of 10 academics on July 26, ruling that the freedom of expression of the academics is violated.
The court has ruled for the release of Assoc. Prof. Altınel without judicial control measures. He is charged with "membership of a terrorist organization" because of interpreting speeches in a conference.
Speaking to bianet, legists have criticized the counter-declarations opened to signature by some universities after the Constitutional Court has ruled that the freedom of expression of Academics of Peace has been violated.
Announcing its ruling on 10 Academics for Peace sentenced to prison for having signed the declaration "We will not be a party to this crime", the Constitutional Court has ruled that their freedom of expression has been violated by their penalization for "terror propaganda."
Reacting to news that Turkey’s Constitutional Court found the convictions of academics on charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization”, because they signed a peace petition in 2016, violated their right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International’s Turkey Campaigner, Milena Buyum said:
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the penalization of Academics for Peace on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” has violated their freedom of expression.
The Honorable Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey
Ahlatlıbel Mahallesi İncek Şehit Savcı
Mehmet Selim Kiraz Bulvarı No: 4 Posta Kodu:
06805 Çankaya/ANKARA
Turkey
Fax: +90 312 463 74 00
bilgi@anayasa.gov.tr
Your Honors,
