Objection against Arrest of Can Dündar, Erdem Gül

Attorneys of Cumhuriyet daily Chief Editor Can Dündar and its Ankara Representative Erdem Gül have objected to arrest of the journalists.

Three-sentence petition of objection by attorneys of Dündar and Gül submitted to Penal Judicatory of Peace states, “We are doing our part and object to arrest verdict contradicting decisions of Constitution, ECtHR (European Court of Human Rights), and ECHR (European Convention of Human Rights). The rest is up to you. Choice and responsibility are yours”.

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Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have been arrested for “Procuring information as to state security”, “Political and military espionage”, “Declaring confidential information”, “Propagandizing terror organization” in their news of MİT trucks halted in Adana in January 2014.

What had happened?

Prosecution was started as to the article published with the headline “Here are the weapons Erdoğan claim to not exist” on May 29 over “Procuring information as to state security”, “Political and military espionage”, “Declaring confidential information”, “Propagandizing terror organization”.  

Chief Public Prosecutor Hadi Salihoğlu had declared the prosecution by press release.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had personally filed a criminal complaint and requested Dündar to be sentenced to one aggravated life imprisonment, one life imprisonment and 42 years in prison for “targeting state interests by using images contrary to facts”. 

Erdoğan on a live broadcast on TRT had said, "I guess the person who made this special news will heavily pay for it". (YY/TK)

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