Paris, May 10,
Groups of violent protesters have forced closure of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) exhibition of 38 "predators of press freedom", heads of state and military or paramilitary leaders alleged to be responsible for serious attacks on press freedom in their countries.
The exhibition included Turkish armed forces chief of staff General Hüsseyin Kivrikoglu among the photos that were stuck to a giant world map on the floor of the main hall of the Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris, to mark International Press Freedom Day, May 3.
RSF secretary general Robert Mennard had written to Gen. Kivrikoglu, urging the country to "keep the promises it has made to the European Union about human rights and respecting freedom of expression."
The exhibit was closed on 10 May, after pro-Turkish demonstrators had daubed paint and attacked visitors, following vigorous protests by the Turkish authorities, who threatened to review military relations with France if the exhibition was not dismantled.
Groups of violent protesters have forced closure of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) exhibition of 38 "predators of press freedom", heads of state and military or paramilitary leaders alleged to be responsible for serious attacks on press freedom in their countries.
The exhibition included Turkish armed forces chief of staff General Hüsseyin Kivrikoglu among the photos that were stuck to a giant world map on the floor of the main hall of the Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris, to mark International Press Freedom Day, May 3.
RSF secretary general Robert Mennard had written to Gen. Kivrikoglu, urging the country to "keep the promises it has made to the European Union about human rights and respecting freedom of expression."
The exhibit was closed on 10 May, after pro-Turkish demonstrators had daubed paint and attacked visitors, following vigorous protests by the Turkish authorities, who threatened to review military relations with France if the exhibition was not dismantled.