to another story we're closely following today for employees of russia's sputnik news agency in turkey have been really stuffed or questioning the editor in chief and 3 others were detained in understand bowl on saturday that follows nationalists trying to break into the homes of 3 sputnik employees in one korea we spoke to mark seemed head of the sputnik turkey office in istanbul. a group of about 20 people came directly to each of our employees at their residential addresses they shouted threats and accusations against them after our colleagues went to the police station to report the incident we could not then reach them for many hours however according to the place their phones had not been taken from them right now we want to know how this crowd of nationalists found out the addresses of all our employees their names and surnames and the story did not end their group of police officers arrived at is down below office as well as to the editor in chief of sputnik turkey now the police are making copies very employees hard drives as i understand it our article on the turkish province

media outlets have covered the pressure before in turkey in 2016 following critical comments by about amir peretz an about the turkish leadership the sputnik website was blocked by turkey's internet regulator now the secretary general of the european federation of journalists told us he suspects the new staff are being used as collateral in a bigger political realm. tooky is well known. for attacking arresting journalists but in this case. but by the fact that there was no reason at all no objective reason i mean to detain and arrest these journalists i think it's a clear case of intimidation and maybe it's not the last one journalist union. strongly condemned these actions against journalists working for russian media in into a case or from the journalistic community i would see that we have an enormous in an enemy you know on this case it's a clear case of arrest him and intimidation we strongly condemn it i don't see any reason for that kind of escalation and i fear as well and it's going to ssion between both believe that these journalists are being for the tension between key and russia in syria and particularly in a province. that's

head of the sputnik turkey office in. a group of about 20 people came directly to each of our aim. at their residential addresses they shouted threats and accusations against them after our colleagues went to the police station to report the incident we could not then reach them for many hours however according to the place their phones had not been taken from them right now we want to know how this crowd of nationalists found out the addresses of all our employees their names and names and the story did not end there today a group of police officers arrived at is down below office as well as to the editor in chief of sputnik turkey now the police are making copies very employees hard drives as i understand it our articles on the turkish problems of time served as the basis for the searches in the recent events i want to say that we will now take measures to maximize the securities of the employees working in our office or to saskia taylor has been across the story and she spoke earlier with my colleague harvey because he has been grabbing headlines in recent days have seen those p

group of police officers arrived at our istanbul office as well as to the editor in chief of sputnik turkey now the police are making copies of our employees hard drives as i understand it article on the turkish province of what i served as the basis for the searches given the recent events i want to say that we will now take measures to maximize the security of our employees working in our office the staff the tension came after sputnik publish an article describing how turkey was given a piece of syrian territory 80 years ago when it was that a french colony the russian foreign ministry and a spokesperson for the european security organization the a c. work quick to condemn turkey's actions the attack on the employees of the turkish bureau of news agency and their detention is a gross violation of their rights of journalists this represents a significant encroachments on freedom of expression in media freedom of the country it is paramount that the authorities ensure the safety of foreign correspondents at all times including during conflicts russian media outlets have come under pressure

all the staff the tension came off the sputnik published an article describing how turkey was given a piece of syrian territory 18 years ago when it was still a french colony the russian foreign ministry and a spokesperson for the european security organization the west see were quick to condemn these actions. the attack on the employees of the turkish bureau of news agency and their detention is a gross violation of the rights of journalists this represents a significant encouragement on freedom of expression and media freedom of the kountry it is paramount that the authorities ensure the safety of foreign correspondents at all times including during conflicts. russian media outlets have come under pressure in turkey before 2016 following critical comments by vladimir putin about the turkish leadership you support nick website was blocked by the internet regulator the general secretary of the european federation of journalists although he suspects the new staff are being used as collateral in a bigger political route. to key is well known. for attacking arresting journalists but in t

joining us you're watching the weekly here on art 1st this hour 4 employees of russia sputnik news agency in turkey have been released after questioning the editor in chief along with 3 others were detained in ankara and istanbul on saturday sputnik says that turkish police have also searched the istanbul office although no reason was given as to why to get more on this developing story now from of course for the task to tell you get across it just gives the the nuts and bolts. well obviously has been grabbing headlines in recent days you've seen those pictures of migrants flooding across its border but this is another story from there that's been slightly over looked so 3 journalists who work for russia sputnik news agency in ankara have been released now off to several hours in police custody and that's because off to questioning no reason was found to hold them. i originally they actually went to the peace of their own free will because they wanted to file a complaint about an alleged attack that they'd been victims to in that own homes on saturday and after that nothing was heard from them unti

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or employees from russia sputnik news agency in turkey have been released they were detained earlier in the day and taken in for questioning. also to come the weekly greece police clash with migrants at the turkish border after ankara gives the green light to asylum seekers hoping to reach the new in the pound to pressure nato into backing its offensive in series italy and it's been a long week for his supporters with the 1st phase of his extradition to the u.s. case now complete during the hearings that wiki leaks founder was kept in a glass cage and denied the opportunity to interact with his lawyers we heard from one of them. couldn't take part in the court process this is inconceivable how can a person be in court without being able to interact or communicate with his lawyers who are representing his interests. and residents of times in northeastern france accuse their belgian neighbors of illegally dumping garbage across the border. hello welcome the latest developments and look back at what's been happening over the last 7 days to watch in the weekly here an r.t. international

the turks countered with a message of their own for sputnik employees based in turkey were arrested that was after a mob attacked 3 of their homes and those reporters say they didn't even produce the story in question that it was filed by sputniks international office in london and even in the homes of our colleagues were attacked by groups of 15 to 20 people making racist. we don't know who they were or how they found out i advise my colleagues to go to the police and file a complaint but after giving their statements they were taken into custody thankfully lawyers from the report to the south the ocean and uncover help and our colleagues were released later in the evening there. with a. partner who became kind of the 1st target we've been turkey because it represents the russian point of view hands out of the gun is kind of trying to show his muscles but since he cannot really get budget we can sell for russian forces so he kind of facts that we cast one and here in the media spotlight is really popular in turkey and because of the tight control of turkish media by the turkish governme

the editor in chief and other staff members working for russia sputnik news agency in turkey have reportedly been detained in ankara sputnik says turkish police have also searched their office in istanbul the reason for the search remains a name and correspondent saskia taylor has more on this developing story. well of course we know that there are a lot of eyes on turkey at the moment on what some are calling a developing crisis but there is another story from that that is worth discussing 3 people who work for russia's news agency attacked outside their homes on saturday it's not thought that anyone was injured but either way clearly an unpleasant situation and now there are reports that the editor in chief of the bureau has now been detained but perhaps what's most worrying about all of this is that the whereabouts of those who were under attack on now unknown because since going to the police to record what happened to them file a complaint they have not been seen something that has clearly drawn both condemnation and concern from moscow on the turkish authorities to intervene provide sa

another motive that was suggested i condemned last night's threats an attempted attack against 3 turkey based sputnik journalists outside their homes in ankara also concerned that they were reportedly detained today over an. authority to ensure the safety of foreign correspondents. now the article in question is one in which and 939 disputed referendum in the now tucker province of a tie is discussed with some suggestion that potentially it was waived by the tux but i do want to say that that has not been confirmed or stop just as a motive for these attacks but it is briefly was just saying that this is unfortunate not the 1st time that sport has faced problems in a touch back in 2016 for example the news website was temporarily blocked by the country's telecom regulator as this latest turn of events would of course be keeping an eye on it and see how it all plays out turkey's not a model country regarding the treatment of its own journalists thousands have been thrown in jail. there are dozens remain in exile because they know that they too will be imprisoned if they do go back so the fact that they

the editor in chief and other stuff members working for russia sputnik news agency in turkey have reportedly been detained with more on this developing story i'm joined by our correspondents. to bring us up to date what information do we have at this point what we know that there are obviously a lot of eyes on touchy at the moment on what some are calling a developing my current crisis but that is another story as you mentioned that is worth discussing 3 people who work for russia sputnik news agency in ankara were attacked outside their homes on saturday there were no suspected injuries but either way it's clearly an unpleasant situation and of course we've now just found out that the editor in chief of that. has been detained but perhaps most what's most worrying about all of that is that the whereabouts of those who were attacked and now unknown the cause since going to the police to fall complaints about what happened to them they've not been seen something that understandably has drawn both condemnation and concern from moscow. we call on the turkish authorities to intervene provide saf

the turkish authorities began turning their attention to media outlets in turkey that the kremlin control this starting with sputnik unlike russia's best known media export r.t. sputnik is not a 24 hour news channel it's a news agency slash website slash radio platform and turkish is just one of 30 languages in which it operates as lattimer putin has said sputnik and r.t. are owed to break the monopoly of anglo-saxon global information streams one particularly contentious piece produced by split nick was this one provocatively headline about the turkish province of her time which was once syrian territory at a time when more than 30 soldiers have been martyred some blaming the russian air force for their deaths 2 printers stories so provocative about something that happened 80 years ago many people look at that story from a very very controversial very provocative manner as if the russians were trying to send a message to. the turks countered with a message of their own for support nick employees based in turkey were arrested that was after a mob attacked 3 of their homes and those reporters say they didn't even pr

russia has sputnik a state owned a news outlet operating in turkish amongst other languages and turkey has t r t world a state owned broadcaster with its own story to tell this conflict given the various proxy players and their objectives was never going to be easy for outsiders to understand and the news now coming out of russia and turkey the competing narratives they're not helping our starting point this week is more than 2000 kilometers from adlib a capital city that has grown central to the syria story moscow. 2 leaders meeting in moscow discussing the fate of a 3rd country syria 6 hours later presidents air to one m.p. to emerge with a ceasefire from the latest in hand but al assad must have been feeling slightly left out. a little feel but put on the message to be down the middle be he was in damascus being interviewed by russia's primary state owned news channel 24. and. i don't know who the syrian leader was using his russian allies news outlet as a pipeline to deliver a message to the turkish people. and then. the battle for probably one of the most important unwritten chapt

of human rights the russian foreign ministry reacts furiously to the detention of the sputnik news agency in turkey.

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