Human Rights Watch: Turkey - Crackdown on Independent TV Channels
December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 15:
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK), is imposing punitive and disproportionate sanctions against independent television and radio channels that broadcast commentary and news coverage critical of the Turkish government, Human Rights Watch said today.
In a context in which the vast majority of television news outlets are pro-government, the rad . . .
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK), is imposing punitive and disproportionate sanctions against independent television and radio channels that broadcast commentary and news coverage critical of the Turkish government, Human Rights Watch said today.
In a context in which the vast majority of television news outlets are pro-government, the rad . . .