26th Session Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Barış Yarkadaş stated that investigations, detainments and arrests against journalists continue in February. According to the data shared by Yarkadaş, one journalist was arrested last month and four were detained. 46 journalists stood trial in the lawsuits filed against them, four were sentenced to a total of 6 years, 8 months and 15 days of imprisonment. Access to 41 news articles and 2 news videos was banned and two news were banned with a media blackout. One director was sentenced to imprisonment, one journalist was sentenced to 15 thousand TL judicial fine. Three journalists were threatened and one journalist was attacked.
01.03.2019
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