End EU Sanctions on Journalist Hüseyin Doğru! Protect Press Freedom & Confront Genocide in Gaza!

The President of the European Commission and Members of the European Council

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We urge the European Union to:

Immediately revoke all sanctions against German journalist Hüseyin Doğru, imposed without trial or due process.
Restore his civil and human rights, including the freedom to work, travel, access finances, and support his family.
Reaffirm the EU’s commitment to press freedom by ensuring no journalist is punished for reporting on human rights abuses, including the genocide in Gaza.

Why is this important?

Hüseyin Doğru is a German journalist of Turkish-Kurdish origin and founder of the independent media platform Red Media. He was included in an EU sanctions package in May 2025 — without any judicial process or formal charges. The sanctions froze his bank accounts, restricted his travel, and blocked his ability to work, leaving him unable to support his family.

Doğru’s reporting highlights human rights violations and the genocide in Gaza, yet instead of protecting journalists exposing atrocities, the EU has punished him extrajudicially. Meanwhile, the EU has not terminated its trade agreement with Israel, effectively maintaining economic ties while human rights abuses continue.

Allowing journalists to be sanctioned for exposing genocide creates a dangerous precedent, threatening freedom of expression and the EU’s credibility on human rights.

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