Barbara Massing

"The accusations are baseless and shows how severely the government is suppressing press freedom."

"That a journalist is dragged away by 30 police officers and taken to Istanbul as if he were a serious criminal is a deliberate act of intimidation and shows how severely press freedom is being suppressed."

"a deliberate act of intimidation."

"The accusations are baseless and the arrest was a deliberate act of intimidation."

"the accusations baseless and said the arrest was 'a deliberate act of intimidation and shows how severely the government is suppressing press freedom.'"