Turkish woman's fight for free speech - 29 Apr 2008

Turkish legislators are considering a proposal to soften a controversial law which severely restricts freedom of speech. Turkey has been under pressure to abolish or overhaul Article 301 as part of its campaign for European Union membership. The law was passed in 2005, part of a package of penal laws making it a crime to "insult Turkishness". Since then, many writers who claim Turkey committed genocide against Armenians in 1915 have been prosecuted, including murdered journalist Hrant Dink. Prison sentences have ranged between six months and three years. But the new proposal plans to reduce the maximum sentence to two years. Al Jazeera visited one woman who has 19 legal cases against her because of the law. This is her story.