Two Turkish journalists released, but at a price
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the release on bail of two of its members in Turkey, Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and investigative journalist Ahmet Sik, but emphasizes the damage that their unjust pretrial detention and other failings of the judicial process have caused to press freedom in the country. IPI Turkey Advocacy Coordinator Caroline Stockford attended the sixth hearing of the trial against Cumhuriyet, Turkey`s most prominent opposition daily, at Silivri detention facility on Friday, March 9. Sabuncu and Sik were freed following the hearing. Despite satisfaction over the two releases, Stockford strongly criticized severe shortcomings in the rule of law....