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Undated picture released by the family of Javier Espinosa shows the Spanish journalist, who was kidnapped in Syria in September, sitting at his home in Beirut, Lebanon. Espinosa was bureau chief of El Mundo in the Middle East with 25 years of front line reporting. He and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, an award-winning freelance photographer, were both abducted on 16 September, 2013 at a check-point near Tal-Abyad, in northern Syria. They were taken to facilities belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. (AP Photo/Family of Javier Espinosa)
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A protester holding a Turkish flag decorated with the image of former leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during clashes near Taksim Square in Istanbul, late Monday, June 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)
Turkish media restrictions in the spotlight
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The state of Turkish journalism and government restrictions on the freedom of the press remain in the spotlight, with one media advocacy group accusing Ankara of waging the “world’s biggest crackdown” on media freedoms. In...Caption:
A demonstrator peeks from under an Iranian flag during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran’s Azadi square in this February 11, 2012 file photo. (REUTERS)
Iran Says Arrest of Journalists Not Media Related
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iranian Minister of Culture and Guidance has called the recent arrest of 11 journalists “a case in the hands of Security Forces because their charges are definitely not media related.” Iran arrested 11 journalists accused of cooperation...Caption:
A tube train passes by a satellite transmission dish near BBC Television Centre at White City in London February 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)