Mezopotamya Agency reporter Hayri Demir was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days of imprisonment due to his social media posts.
Diyarbakır 5th Assize Court convicted the journalist of ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ due to four different social media posts including one newspaper advertisement to commemorate journalists killed in the 1990s as well as newspaper sections on the news he reported. The court deferred the announcement of the verdict.
30.05.2018
bianet.org