Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan needs to chill out and grow a thicker skin when it comes to criticism against him, the European Union’s Donald Tusk said. “The line between criticism, insult and defamation is very thin and relative. The moment politicians begin to decide which is which can mean the end of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hard-liners in Iran are “exaggerating the case” and promoting baseless arrests of journalists in a crackdown on freedom of expression, President Hassan Rouhani said. Iranian authorities detained five local journalists this week after accusing them of having ties to “anti-revolutionary” media. Rouhani, who had promised to end the stifling of expression during […]
