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Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression was established in Berlin to support journalists who have had to leave their home countries. We are working to support media professionals in exile the best way we can.
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JAM’s Altıntaş spoke on exiled media in Tbilisi
JAM’s Barış Altıntaş spoke in the panel titled “Exile: The New Normal” at the ZEG Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi on June 23, 2024. The panel…
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JAM’s exiled journalists documentary premieres in Tbilisi
The first screening of JAM’s documentary on exiled journalism, Our Wonderful Past, took place on June 21 at the ZEG Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi. The…
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Our Wonderful Past: Media capture and exiled journalism
The documentary explores the systematic suppression of media and freedom of expression by authoritarian regimes in Russia, Turkey, and Belarus and the state of exiled…
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No impact expected from ECHR ruling on Russia’s ‘undesirable’ organizations
The judgment will have ‘zero consequences’, according to the applicants’ lawyer Batıkan Erkoç The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on 18 June that Russian legislation allowing authorities to declare organizations as “undesirable” and suspend their activities infringes on the right to freedom of expression and the right to organize. The ruling concerns a…
Where does this end and recommendations for policymakers and civil society
E. Barış Altıntaş, Journalist Despite the challenges the journalists have dealt with, many have shown great resilience and dedication to continue their journalistic work. Not all of them, but most of them have found ways to adapt, such as leveraging digital platforms and networks, to keep reporting on issues important to them and their audience.…
Long arms: when governments try to get journalists in exile
E. Barış Altıntaş, Journalist The spine-chilling murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 is possibly etched in the memories of many. The Washington Post columnist had an appointment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and he could never leave. He was assassinated brutally and dismembered. Maybe this is the most memorable and extreme case. But at…
JAM e.V. Publications
My Evil Twin
A brief history of judiciary’s war on journalism in Russia and Turkey Authors: Asuman Aranca, Evin Barış Altıntaş, Anna Romashchenko, Nate Schenkkan, Gökçer Tahincioğlu, Sibel Yükler, Roman Zholud Defenses of independent journalists against authoritarian or malign regimes remain weak across the world. Russia and Turkey – united in not just the increasingly authoritarian way they…
In the Shadow of Two Palaces: Our newest publication is out!
We are excited to announce the launch of our newest report, “In the Shadow of Two Palaces: Conversations with Exiled Journalists from Turkey and Russia”, supported by the Justice and Journalists Foundation (JFJ). This crucial publication, authored by Istanbul-based journalist and Media and Law Studies (MLSA) co-director Evin Barış Altıntaş, who is also one of…
Our first publication: Story of judiciary’s war on journalism in Russia and Turkey
“Nobody’s immune to anything. You have to understand the different kinds of pressures people feel like they’re under. What do totalitarian governments of any kind try to do immediately? They try to control communications networks. In a coup, they grab the radio and television. They try to shut down communications, and education, so that nothing…
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