The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) published its October 2026 Report on Rights Violations Against Women Journalists. According to the report, two women journalists were detained, one was arrested and one received an 18-month prison sentence. The home of one woman journalist was raided, one journalist was subjected to ill-treatment and news coverage was obstructed in one incident. An investigation was opened against one woman journalist, while the trials of seven women journalists continued in seven files. Two websites were shut down and access was blocked to 20 news reports. The association said it could not determine how many of the 162 journalists dismissed from their jobs were women. It described the criminalization of news reports as an interference with the public’s right to information. MKG called for an end to sexist attacks and impunity, the lifting of access blocks, the release of jailed journalists and equal, secure working conditions. The report listed Hatice Duman, İrem Delice, Nadiye Gürbüz, Özden Kınık, Songül Yücel, Tuğba Tekerek and Derya Okatan among imprisoned women journalists.
6 November 2026
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