Former writers and executives of Cumhuriyet Daily, who were sentenced to imprisonment for less than five years and their conviction was recently finalised by the appeal court, were imprisoned again.
Awaiting conclusion on their application at the Constitutional Court (AYM) for 2 years and four months, Musa Kart, Emre İper, Önder Çelik, Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Hakan Kara and Güray Öz surrendered at Kocaeli Prison in Kandıra after the legal procedure at Izmit Courthouse. Cartoon artist Musa Kart shared a message on the social media before, saying, “I believe that this case will continue in the conscience of the public. Good-hearted, sensitive people summarise what we went through for the past few days: The one who punches another is free, comic artists and journalists are imprisoned… With the hope to meet on a day when journalists don’t make statements at prison doors, goodbye.”
Journalists Murat Sabuncu, Akın Atalay, Aydın Engin, Ahmet Şık, Hikmet Çetinkaya, Orhan Erinç were sentenced to imprisonment for more than five years within the same lawsuit. The appeal procedure is currently at the Court of Cassation.
26.04.2019
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