The defendant, who was tried for abusing a 14-year-old boy in Cyprus in 2014 and sentenced to 15 months in prison on the grounds that “the child also contributed to the crime” and “he was not pressured”, had the news on the issue censored. Kahramanmaraş 1st Criminal Judicature of Peace issued an access ban decision for a news article published on the website of Yenidüzen newspaper published in Cyprus and five URLs consisting of images from news articles published on the websites of local Cypriot newspapers, claiming that the honor and dignity of the defendant was offended by the news and therefore the news could not be considered within the scope of freedom of the press.
22.08.2023
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