Cumhuriyet journalists sentenced to prison
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a court decision sentencing 14 journalists and staff members with Turkey`s secular daily Cumhuriyet newspaper to prison on charges of providing support to terrorist groups. Defendants received prison terms ranging from two to seven-and-half years, expected to be shortened due to time served. The journalists sentenced are also to remain free while their cases are appealed. All were handed a travel ban. Akin Atalay, the chair of the Executive Committee of the Cumhuriyet Foundation and the only defendant who remained in pre-trial detention, was also freed pending appeal. Cumhuriyet columnist Kadri Gürsel, a member of IPI`s Executive...