Next meeting: guest speaker
Umit Ozturk
Wednesday, 27 July at 7 for 7.30pm,
Craft Beer Company, Upper North Street, Brighton
thecraftbeerco.com/pubs/brighton/
“Turkey: The biggest prison for journalists in the world”- Can Dundar, who was released from prison recently:
Umit Ozturk will talk about the threats against freedom of press in Turkey with examples on censorship, restrictions and bans on media as well as practices of intimidation, prosecution, imprisonment and attacks against journalists and media activists.
Umit Ozturk is a qualified journalist and linguist from Turkey who has lived in the UK since 1992. He has worked as a human rights reporter, editor, broadcaster, book trader and publisher, media analyst and trainer, with expertise on freedom of press, social media and cyber rights and liberties.
He was actively involved in press freedom organisations including Amnesty International Journalists Network as their chair (1998-2010) and a co-founder and co-director of the first UK chapter of Reporters sans Frontieres (2003-2004), as a consultant for Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (1997-2006), and a contributor to Index on Censorship (1995-2004). He was awarded several media prizes throughout 1990s.
Umit is the founder and current coordinator of the Brighton-based community support charity
Euro-Mediterranean Resources Network (2001 - ). He is also a poet, community radio producer, playwright, community cook, and a stand-up performer.
As this is likely to be a popular meeting please RSVP via
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2583656
All Welcome!
Agenda
- Welcome and apologies
- Election of new members
- Treasurer's report
- Trades Council report
- Summer Party date and venue
- Guests for future meetings
- AOB