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Journalist prevented from visiting colleague in prison

Journalist prevented from visiting colleague in prison

A Diyarbakır prison has denied Kurdish journalist Serdar Altan a visit with his colleague.

Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later

Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later

Put on trial for reporting on torture in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, journalists Bilen, Uğur, Abi, Sala and Durgut have been acquitted of “membership of a terrorist organization”. Sala is given a deferred prison sentence for “propaganda”.

Court rejects appeal against release of journalists reporting on torture

Court rejects appeal against release of journalists reporting on torture

Arrested after reporting on two citizens thrown from a helicopter in Van, four journalists were released last week. The Van 6th Heavy Penal Court has rejected the prosecutor’s objection to the release of the journalists.

Four journalists released after spending six months under arrest for reporting on torture

Four journalists released after spending six months under arrest for reporting on torture

Adnan Bilen, Cemil Uğur, Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala were in pre-trial detention for reporting on an incident of torture in the Kurdish-majority Van province.

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists covering torture

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists covering torture

Arrested shortly after they reported it with documents that Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban had been thrown from a helicopter following their detention by soldiers in Van, four journalists have been indicted after serving 130 days in pre-trial detention.

16 February 2021 Hikmet Adal

Arrested for reporting on torture, journalists behind bars for 101 days

Arrested for reporting on torture, journalists behind bars for 101 days

Arrested for having reported on Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were thrown from a helicopter and tortured by soldiers in Van, Adnan Bilen, Cemil Uğur, Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala have been behind bars for 101 days, with no indictment.

18 January 2021

‘Turkey should bring charges against real crimes against humanity’

ARREST OF 4 JOURNALISTS IN VAN

‘Turkey should bring charges against real crimes against humanity’

After four journalists were arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, the Coalition for Women in Journalism has released a statement calling on Turkey to stop “putting politically-polarized pressures on press freedom."

13 October 2020

4 journalists arrested in Van province

4 journalists arrested in Van province

Taken into custody in Turkey’s eastern province of Van on October 6, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Cemil Uğur and Adnan Bilen, Jinnews reporter Şehriban Abi and journalist Nazan Sala have been arrested.

12 October 2020