Sweden’s leading media editors and executives have written an open letter to their government calling on it to act to help Turkey’s stricken media outlets. Thirteen of them have signed the letter demanding that the foreign ministry make “greater demands of Turkey” to respect press freedom. Their letter, published in Wednesday morning’s issue of Aftonbladet, Sweden’s biggest newspaper, is addressed to the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs. The letter begins with a reminder that Erdogan struck immediately after the attempted coup on 15 July. To date, 170 media channels have been closed down and 144 journalists are in prison.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2016 05:00 UTC