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At least 15 exiled journalists on list of wanted terrorists in Turkey

  • Committee to Protect Journalists

In December 2022 exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar revealed that he had been added to the so-called terrorist “gray list”, a database published by the Turkish Interior Ministry, that identifies alleged terrorists and offers rewards for their capture. CPJ has identified at least 14 other members of the press included on the Interior Ministry’s gray list.

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The Story of a Russian Journalist Who Fled to Turkey

  • Free Turkey Journalists (IPI)
  • Vladimir Sokolov

Vladimir Sokolov, an independent Russian journalist, shares his personal story revolving around his choice to leave Russia and seek exile in Turkey in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion.

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Press Freedom: Befriending Power or Getting Out

  • Tagesschau
  • Annette Kammerer

Reporters Without Borders reveals dire press freedom in Russia. But exiled journalists face new problems: Anna, a former TV presenter, faces censorship challenges in a deteriorating media landscape.

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Russia: New Restrictions for ‘Foreign Agents’

  • Human Rights Watch

Russian law hampers free expression, targets civic activism, and excludes individuals or entities engaging in civic activism or expressing opinions about Russia’s policies from various civic aspects.

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Walking Through Firewalls

  • Aysenur Dal, Erik C. Nisbet

The early hopes of the internet as a technology of “liberation” have turned into a reinforcing spiral of control, innovation, resistance, and counter-innovation between authoritarian governments and those that seek to bypass censorship and digital repression. This study discusses We discuss theoretical and policy-related implications for resilience to censorship of social media and online content in networked authoritarian contexts theoretical and policy-related implications for resilience to censorship of social media and online content in networked authoritarian contexts.

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Journalism in Exile: Lessons from Germany 2022

  • Sueddeutsche Zeitung
  • Katja Gloger, Georg Mascolo

Many refugee journalists from Russia and Belarus, chroniclers of current events, would like to work from Berlin. But Germany makes it difficult for them, according to the authors.

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