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IFEX @ifex.org · 6d

#Turkey 🇹🇷 The broadcast regulator has recently gone after streaming platforms, issuing fines for films it claims "promote homosexuality" and "disregard family values". @arzugeybulla.bsky.social reports for @globalvoices.org: buff.ly/0WGOR00

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · 7d

What happens when you lock up independent journalists behind bars on bogus charges? Well, they continue reporting even from behind bars.

My latest for @balcanicaucaso.org on corruption, rights violations and other shenanigans inside Azerbaijani prisons

www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Az...

Jailed journalists turn the spotlight on Azerbaijan’s prisons

Since November 2023, around thirty journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan. From behind bars, these journalists have revealed the appalling conditions of the prison system, something previously i...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · 8d

It's been a busy month for the authorities in #Azerbaijan, as they continue to keep things "in order" and "contained."

Read more in this month's newsletter from Free Voices Collective freevoicescollective.org/families-imp...

Families of Imprisoned Journalists Face Rights Violations - FVC

Families of imprisoned journalists face travel bans, job dismissals, and harassment. Abzas Media journalists were relocated without notice.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · 13d

Watch out! Authorities in Turkey are on the lookout for obscenity

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Watch out! Authorities in Turkey are on the lookout for obscenity

This is the not the first time RTÜK has fined streaming platforms. Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Mubi, Bein, and BluTV were previously fined for allegedly promoting homosexuality and undermining moral valu...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · 24d

The CHP's leadership has dismissed the ruling as null and void, even as it faces another court hearing, scheduled for September 15, which revolves around a “mutlak butlan” - explainer globalvoices.org/2025/09/14/e...

Explainer: Turkey's main opposition party faces state-appointed trustee

Should the court rule that violations did indeed happen, it would nullify all decisions taken by the party's current leadership since the congress.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Sep 8

With all that is happening in Turkey this is already an old story but nevertheless thought I share anyway: globalvoices.org/2025/09/07/w...

Wave of harassment and abuse allegations roils Turkey’s arts and culture scene

Among the men are photographers, musicians, actors, comedians, critics, and publishers. In response, several platforms and collaborators have cut ties with accused individuals.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 28

12th person to face arrest as part of the so called investigation into independent Meydan Tv case. On August 28 authorities arrested photo journalist Ahmad Mukhtar. He is facing the same charges as the rest of journalists arrested as part of the case.

Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 28

An Azerbaijani student is facing deportation in Turkey after participating in protests against rising university cafeteria prices. medyascope.tv/2025/08/25/n...

Üniversite öğrencisi Nana, hayati tehlikesi bulunduğu Azerbaycan’a geri gönderilmeye çalışılıyor - Medyascope

İstanbul Üniversitesi öğrencisi Nanaxanim Babazade, okulda zam protestolarına katıldığı için hakkında sınır dışı kararı verildi.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 21

You can join the campaign here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Journalismisnotacrime

Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 21

RSF and Free Voices Collective, Meydan TV, Toplum TV & Qazetci have signed a letter of solidarity and are calling on the public to participate in the campaign by writing letters of solidarity to Sevinj and her fellow imprisoned colleagues.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 21

The campaign highlights the inhumane prison conditions of journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi, editor-in-chief of Abzas Media and former RSF Berlin fellow, who has been denied a simple electric fan despite the extreme heat inside Baku Pretrial Detention Center.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Flood them with fans”: @rsf.org launches solidarity campaign together with exiled Azerbaijani organizations for imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and other reporters rsf.org/en/flood-the...

“Flood them with fans”: RSF launches solidarity campaign together with exiled Azerbaijani organizations for imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and other reporters

In light of the ongoing repression of independent media in Azerbaijan, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Azerbaijani organizations in exile Free Voices Collective, Meydan TV, Toplum TV and Qazetci a...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 20

My latest: “This is the paradox of White House-brokered peace: leaders shake hands abroad, while at home, those who practice reconciliation are criminalized.” For @balcanicaucaso.org www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Az...

Handshake in Washington, handcuffs in Baku

Trump's recent meeting with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Aliyev and Pashinyan, in Washington raises hopes for a peace agreement. However, there's a paradox: while leaders shake hands abroad,...

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Human Rights House Foundation @humanrightshouse.bsky.social · Aug 14

“Governments, journalists, academics, and institutions who pretend they don’t see the rot. Or worse, who see it and stay silent because there's gas, trade, and diplomatic optics at stake.”

Read @arzugeybulla.bsky.social's statement from the @pace.coe.int Summer Session in full here: bit.ly/44SzPBI

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 15

My latest for @globalvoices.org On paper, the deal reads like a straightforward real estate transaction globalvoices.org/2025/08/15/t...

The Aliyevs’ Turkish retreat: luxury real estate investment in the shadow of corruption

From Moscow to London to the French Riviera, the Aliyev family demonstrates a consistent pattern: converting opaque, hydrocarbon-derived wealth into high-prestige, low-scrutiny assets abroad.

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Foreign Media Association @fma-turkey.bsky.social · Aug 11

FMA condemns the killing last night of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military and stands in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues, at least 178 of whom have been killed by Israel since the conflict began. Journalists are #NotATarget.

Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 7

Not sure what happened to “h” in dispatch*

Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 7

Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader www.hrw.org/news/2025/08... my latest dispatc for @hrw.org

Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader

US President Donald Trump is set to host Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the White House on August 8 to sign a memorandum of understanding that could ...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Aug 1

At its recent launch, Next Sosyal was touted as the country's first “domestic social media application,” offering users a new generation of social media free from ads and harassment. But how “local and national” was it?! I break it down for @globalvoices.org #Turkey globalvoices.org/2025/08/01/t...

The ‘Next’ big thing? Turkey's new social platform faces scrutiny over ‘domestic’ label

The platform was described as the country's first “domestic social media application,” offering users a new generation of social media free from ads and harassment.

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Jul 31

Türkiye: Turkmen Risking Deportation Reported Missing
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Türkiye: Turkmen Risking Deportation Reported Missing

Two Turkmen dissident bloggers have been missing since July 24, 2025, when they were reportedly released from a Turkish deportation center, Human Rights Watch said today. Turkish authorities should en...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Jul 30

Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... @hrw.org latest report just in

Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation

Russian authorities have doubled down on censorship online, internet disruptions, and surveillance since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Human Rights Watch said ...

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Jul 30

Embracing propaganda narrative and taking it to YouTube - quick update on Google TAG quarterly reports investigating coordinated influence operations linked to Azerbaijan. www.az-netwatch.org/news/on-a-mi...

on a mission to spread propaganda – Azerbaijan Internet Watch

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Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social · Jul 30

Going through the Google TAG Q2 report. Not surprised to see that between April and June 2025, hundreds of YouTube channels were terminated as part of an investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to #Azerbaijan. blog.google/threat-analy...

TAG Bulletin: Q2 2025

Our bulletin covering coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q2 2025.

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IFEX @ifex.org · Jul 29

#Turkey 🇹🇷 Earlier this month, Turkey became the first country to censor the “X” AI chatbot Grok. @arzugeybulla.bsky.social‬ reports on the block for @globalvoices.org‬, putting it in the broader context of Turkey's history of online censorship.

Turkey is the first country to censor “X” AI chatbot Grok

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