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 was moderated by Nabeelah Shabbir, joined by journalists Polina Ivanova, Abduweli Ayup, and JAM’s Barış Altıntaş. Panelists talked about the challenges and the future of journalists reporting in exile while…
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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 film, produced by journalists Barış Altıntaş Andrei Zhbirblis, features interviews with journalists who were forced to leave Turkey, Russia, and Belarus due to pressures on the press. The documentary also…
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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 journalism through interviews with journalists in exile and telling the stories of persecution the takeover of independent press, and the work of journalists who risk their lives to uphold the…
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“Our Wonderful Past” will be launched at ZEG Tbilisi Storytelling Festival
JAM’s new documentary titled “Our Wonderful Past: Media Capture and Exiled Journalism” will be launched on June 21, Thursday at the ZEG Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi at 12:00 on Radio Free Europe Stage followed by a Q§A with the producers of the film. The documentary explores the systematic suppression of media and freedom of expression…
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JAM e.V. 2023 Annual Report
We are excited to announce the release of our 2023 Annual Report. This report highlights the achievements and activities of Journalists and Lawyers for Freedom of Expression (JAM e.V.) over the past year. In 2023, JAM e.V. significantly expanded its advocacy for freedom of expression and media rights. Throughout the year, we hosted events for…
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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…
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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…
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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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Journalisten und Anwälte für Meinungsfreiheit (JAM) e.V. 