The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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According Sjoerdsma shows the case Ebru Umar that press freedom is not evident in all countries columnist recently. arrested in Turkey for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. After overnight cell Umar was released, but they should Turkey not matter.
Netherlands provides in such cases consular assistance. D66 wants Minister Bert Koenders ( foreign Affairs) provides a standard financial fund so that journalists are assisted in legal fees. ,, The costs are limited, but journalists are helped enormously. They can now be litigated financially devastated by authoritarian regimes”, find Sjoerdsma. He thinks with half a million euros, which can come from the Human Rights Fund, to be an end
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