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Critics say Europe has little moral authority to lecture on press freedom (Photo: Maneno.org)

Imprisonment of Turkish journalists draws MEP rebuke

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

MEPs have condemned the imprisonment of a growing number of journalists in Turkey, scoring the issue as a major black mark against the country's aspirations of joining the European Union.

On Wednesday (9 March) the euro-deputies adopted a progress report on EU-Turkey negotiations, highlighting the apparent deterioration in the country's media freedom, the deadlock over Cyprus and a lack of dialogue among Turkish political parties as key stumbling blocks.

Centre-right MEP Ria Oome...

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Critics say Europe has little moral authority to lecture on press freedom (Photo: Maneno.org)

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