Columnist Acquitted of Anti-Military Charges
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs28.4jul28,1,4001377.story?coll=la-headlines-world
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IN BRIEF / TURKEY
Columnist Acquitted of Anti-Military Charges
From Times Wire Reports
July 28, 2006 [turkey] [modernity] [followup to piece in external perhaps a week ago [seen as victory for press freedom] [use psci 469] [*********]
A Turkish writer who defended a conscientious objector in her magazine column was acquitted of charges of turning people against military service.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs28.4jul28,1,4001377.story?coll=la-headlines-world
From the Los Angeles Times
IN BRIEF / TURKEY
Columnist Acquitted of Anti-Military Charges
From Times Wire Reports
July 28, 2006 [turkey] [modernity] [followup to piece in external perhaps a week ago [seen as victory for press freedom] [use psci 469] [*********]
A Turkish writer who defended a conscientious objector in her magazine column was acquitted of charges of turning people against military service.
A court in Istanbul ruled that Perihan Magden's article amounted to "heavy criticism conveyed within the scope of freedom of expression." [***********]
Several Turkish writers and journalists have faced trials, despite pressure from the European Union, which Turkey hopes to join, to scrap repressive laws.