Arrested Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reporter İdris Sayılğan was not released in the third hearing of the case he is on trial at Muş 2nd Assize Court. Dicle News Agency has previously been shut down with an emergency decree.
On pre-trial detention for about 19 months, the journalist could not connect to the hearing due to a technical problem in the Audiovisual Information System (SEGBIS). Sayılğan’s lawyers stated that their client couldn’t even attend the hearing via SEGBIS and that he can not defend himself. Deciding to continue his detention period, the court scheduled the next hearing to 5 October 2018. The indictment of the case claims an imprisonment sentence against Sayılğan due to ‘illegal organization membership’ based on the phone calls he made with news sources, news, social media posts and phone calls with TV channels.
24.05.2018
gazetekarinca.com