Turkish journalist Can Dundar, John Whittingdale on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ draft charter, Phone hacking
John Whittingdale on the hunt for a new chair of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ board; reaction to the latest Commons committee report on phone hacking; Can Dundar on the state of Turkish journalism.
Andrea Catherwood talks to former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale about the hunt for a new Chair of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Board following Rona Fairhead's decision to step down.
We get reaction to the latest report on phone hacking. The Commons Privileges Committee has looked at evidence given in 2012 on phone hacking. We hear from Les Hinton, the former News International Chairman, the Labour MP Chris Bryant and Steven Barnett, professor of communications and the university of Westminster and a board member of pressure group Hacked Off.
And Turkish journalist Can DΓΌndar has just published an account of his arrest, imprisonment and exile. He talks about the challenges facing journalists in Turkey since this summer's failed coup.
'We Are Arrested' by Can DΓΌndar is out now
Producer: Ruth Watts.
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