The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have released a letter urging the Turkish government to release 41 journalists who are currently being imprisoned in the country on terrorism-related charges. In a letter to Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the international news organizations accuse the government of attempting to intimidate the press and breaching the right to freedom of expression.

WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum are calling for the imprisoned journalists to be released and for all of the charges against them to be dropped.

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Together, WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries worldwide.