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Rights groups condemn life sentences for three Turkish journalists

november 06, 2013by 0

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By Ece Toksabay and Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Rights groups accused Turkey’s courts of using anti-terrorism laws to silence dissent on Wednesday after three journalists were handed life sentences for alleged links to a banned far-leftist organization. The journalists were among seven defendants sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday in the trial of suspected members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP), charged with trying to “violently overthrow the constitutional order”. Since coming to power in 2002, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has earned praise for reforms aimed at bringing the EU candidate nation closer to European Union norms and for liberalizing an economy that has seen unprecedented prosperity. Fusun Erdogan, founder of leftist radio station Ozgur Radyo and a columnist at human rights-focused website Bianet, along with Ibrahim Cicek and Bayram Namaz of far-leftist magazine Atilim, were accused of being among the leaders of the MLKP.

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