Dicle News Agency (dihaber) reporter Erdoğan Alayumat was released in the third hearing of the case he was on trial at Hatay 2nd Assize Court. Alayumat had been taken into custody on 14 July 2017 in İslahiye district of Gaziantep, then been arrested in Hatay after 13 days due to ‘espionage.’ Dicle News Agency had previously been shut down with an emergency decree as well.
Alayumat was on pre-trial detention for 10 months with a claim of imprisonment for 45 years with the allegations, ‘obtaining confidential information concerning the government with the purpose of political or military espionage’ and ‘illegal organization membership.’ Journalist Nuri Akman is on trial in the same case. The next hearing was scheduled to 19 October 2018.
24.05.2018
bianet.org