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• Journalists protest government crackdown in front of Diyarbakır Courthouse 

  The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) and the Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform (MKGP) made a press statement in front of Diyarbakır Courthouse to protest the prolonged detention of 16 Kurdish journalists.
• Investigation against Yeni Yaşam Newspaper editors 

  An investigation was launched against Yeni Yaşam Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik and Responsible Editor-in-Chief Osman Akın due to the news about Sedat Peker's allegations against Serhat Albayrak.
• MLSA objects to the broadcast ban imposed after the Taksim explosion 

  MLSA lawyers demand that the ban be removed as it violates the freedoms of the press, expression and communication guaranteed by the Constitution as well as the principle which states that Turkey is a social state governed by the rule of law.
• Journalists in Sincan Women's Prison expose rights violations 

  Journalist Habibe Eren, who is imprisoned in Sincan Women's Prison, stated that the sockets in the common area do not work and that the prison administration makes a special effort to isolate journalists.
• An unprecedented number of women journalists are now detained in Iran 

  According to RSF, at least 42 journalists have been arrested throughout Iran since the start of the protests in reaction to Mahsa Amini's death on 16 September.
• Jailed journalist: We were tortured and threatened with death 

  A jailed correspondent of the women's news agency JinNews, Habibe Eren, reports that they were tortured by the police and threatened with death.
• Journalists in prison cannot receive visits from colleagues 

  Diyarbakır High Security Prison No. 1 and 2 Administration and Monitoring Board has denied permission to journalists to visit their jailed colleagues.
• French trade unions protest detention of Kurdish media journalists 

  In France, trade unions are protesting against the detention of nine journalists from Kurdish media organizations in Turkey.
• Iranian forces detain journalist who interviewed Jina Amini's father 

  Iranian forces detained journalist Nazila Marufiyan (also spelled Maroofian) after she interviewed Jina Mahsa Amini's father, and sent her to Evin prison.
• DFG: Number of jailed journalists rose to 87 

  The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association reported that the number of jailed journalists in Turkey rose to 87 and 14 journalists were subjected to ill-treatment in October.
• Basque senator Elejabarrieta presents parliamentary question about journalists arrested in Turkey 

  Basque senator Gorka Elejabarrieta Diaz presented a parliamentary question to the Presidency of the Spanish Senate about the journalists arrested in Turkey.
• Journalist İpekçi: We need an organized struggle to counter attacks on Kurdish and free press 

  Former TGS chair Ercan İpekçi said that the government is engaged in a systematic attack against the Kurdish press and opposition media, and called for an organized struggle against it.
• Court sentences two journalist to prison for news they wrote and shared on social media 

  ETHA news agency editor Semiha Şahin and journalist Pınar Gayip were given prison sentences for the news they wrote and shared.
• HDP pays solidarity visit to Mezopotamya and JINNEWS agencies 

  “Journalists cannot be silenced, and the truth will be conveyed to the people,” said the HDP group during a solidarity visit to JINNEWS and Mezopotamya News Agency (MA) in Ankara.
• Jailed Kurdish journalists defend their job 

  In a message through their lawyers, three Kurdish journalists who were arrested on 25 October said that they defend their job.
• Tehran Journalists Association condemns arrest of two colleagues following Jina Amini's death 

  The Tehran Journalists Association condemned the murder of Jina Amini and the arrest of journalists who followed the events that took place afterward, accused of being spies by Iranian intelligence.
• Journalists arrested kept in solitary confinement in Sincan No. 1 High Security Prison 

  The journalists arrested last week are kept in solitary confinement in Sincan No. 1 High Security Prison.
• Journalist Eren: The way out of this darkness is solidarity 

  Turkish Press and Printing Press Employees Union chair Faruk Eren said: “The way out of this darkness is solidarity. If there is no reaction to the attack on Kurdish journalists, everyone will be targeted."
• Journalist Zeynep Kuray released under condition of judicial control 

  ANF journalist Zeynep Kuray, who was taken into custody at a vigil for ill prisoners in Istanbul, has been released under condition of judicial control.
• Nine journalists sent to prison 

  Nine journalists, who were taken into custody as part of an Ankara-based investigation, were sent to jail by the court.
• Journalists to be taken to court today 

  Journalists, who had been in custody for 3 days, refused to testify at the police station to protest the torture they suffered at the hands of the police.
• Kurdish journalists in custody: We are proud to hold on to the truth 

  The Kurdish journalists in custody said that they would continue to hold on to the truth and to “make heard everywhere the voices that are wanted silenced".
• New 24-hour extension of custody period for Kurdish journalists 

  The custody period of 11 journalists taken into custody on Tuesday has been extended for the second time. Journalist Ağgöz, mother of a 45-day-old baby, has been released on house arrest.
• Female journalists mistreated during detention 

  The detention of eleven Kurdish journalists in Turkey is being presented in the media as an anti-terrorist operation. Berivan Altan and Diren Yurtsever from the Mezopotamya agency were abused and threatened by the police.
• CPJ calls on Turkish authorities to stop harassing the Kurdish media with baseless charges 

  Turkish authorities should immediately release the Kurdish journalists in police custody and stop harassing them with secret investigations, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said after the detention of 11 journalists on Tuesday.