Global Threads<p>🇹🇷 TURKEY<br>🔴 Journalist Arrests Spark Democracy Fears</p><p> 🔸 AFP’s Yasin Akgul arrested after covering protests over Erdogan rival Imamoglu’s jailing.<br> 🔸Akgul: The aim of the arrests is to send a message to journalists — “don’t film, don’t speak, don’t publish.”<br> 🔸 7 journalists detained; 2,000 protest-related arrests since March 19.<br> 🔸 BBC’s Mark Lowen deported; legal crackdown extends even to lawyers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Imamoglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imamoglu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a></p>