A double issue this time, since we skipped May — and there’s plenty to catch up on. Our first visiting fellow has arrived in Berlin, the European Parliament put transnational repression on its agenda for the very first time, and the coalition we co-founded has been taking TNR straight to German police and institutions. OurContinue reading “JAM Newsletter – May & June”
Author Archives: Barış Altıntaş
JAM NEWSLETTER | APRIL 2026
Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression APRIL 2026 A busy April for JAM — from international panels to coalition work on the ground. Here is a roundup of what we were up to last month. JAM LAUNCHES ITS RELOCATION PROGRAMME — FIVE FELLOWS SELECTED April marked a major milestone for JAM: the formal launchContinue reading “JAM NEWSLETTER | APRIL 2026”
Press Freedom Under Attack: How National Security Laws Silence Journalists Across Three Continents
JAM e.V.’s Evin Barış Altıntaş joins international panel at Investigative Journalism Festival in Perugia At a panel organized by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) at this year’s International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, journalists and press freedom advocates from Turkey, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan examined how governments are weaponizing national security laws to silence independentContinue reading “Press Freedom Under Attack: How National Security Laws Silence Journalists Across Three Continents”
JAM Newsletter | March 2026
News from Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression on what we were up to in March. Our Residency Program is Live We are pleased to share that JAM has officially launched its human rights defenders residency programme in partnership with protectdefenders.eu. The programme offers three-month residencies in Berlin for journalists and human rights defendersContinue reading “JAM Newsletter | March 2026”
JAM fordert Schutz für Basma Mostafa – Koalition warnt vor transnationaler Repression
Die Organisation Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression (JAM e.V.) fordert wirksame Schutzmaßnahmen für die Journalistin und Menschenrechtsverteidigerin Basma Mostafa. Anlass ist eine Stellungnahme der Koalition gegen Transnationale Repression in Deutschland, die auf anhaltende Bedrohungen gegen Mostafa aufmerksam macht. In der Erklärung äußert die Koalition große Sorge über die Sicherheit Mostafas und die WirksamkeitContinue reading “JAM fordert Schutz für Basma Mostafa – Koalition warnt vor transnationaler Repression”
JAM calls for protection of journalist Basma Mostafa
Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression (JAM e.V.) has joined calls for urgent protection measures for Egyptian journalist and human rights defender Basma Mostafa, following a statement issued by the Coalition Against Transnational Repression in Germany. The coalition warned that Mostafa continues to face serious threats connected to transnational repression, including intimidation, surveillance, andContinue reading “JAM calls for protection of journalist Basma Mostafa”
JAM joins ten rights groups to form “Coalition Against Transnational Repression in Germany”
August 12, 2024 Human rights and diaspora organizations based in Germany have come together to form the “Coalition Against Transnational Repression in Germany” (TNR Coalition). Transnational repression is a strategy employed by mostly autocratic governments to silence their critics abroad. Exiles often cannot live safely in Germany; they are threatened, intimidated, or even subjected toContinue reading “JAM joins ten rights groups to form “Coalition Against Transnational Repression in Germany””