Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP and journalist Barış Yarkadaş, who regularly launches numbers of press freedom violations every month, shared data on October 2019. According to the data, 1 journalist was arrested, 7 journalists were detained and 89 journalists stood trial in the one-month period. 2 journalists were sentenced to 7 years and six months of imprisonment in total, 4 journalists’ homes were raided by the police and 1 newspaper was withdrawn from shelves. Lawsuits were filed against 2 journalists, 3 journalists testified. 1 journalist was sentenced to 5000 TL judicial fine, an investigation was started against one journalist.
01.11.2019
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