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ÖGI launches 2018 press report: 521 prosecutions, 141 detainments, 64 arrests

by Dusun-Think 03/01/2019
03/01/2019 641 views

Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGI) shared numbers on the rights violations experienced by journalists and the profession of journalism in 2018 with a press statement organized in Diyarbakır.

 

According to the numbers of violation announced by the organization, the year 2018 saw:

 

* 141 journalists detained

* 64 journalists arrested

* Investigations were opened against 7 journalists

* Lawsuits were filed against 71 journalists

* 521 journalists were prosecuted

* 121 journalists were sentenced to imprisonment and judicial fines. 112 journalists were sentenced to a total of 546 years, 9 months and 20 days of imprisonment, 3 journalists were sentenced to life imprisonment and six journalists were sentenced to a total of 40 thousand TL judicial fine.

* 2 TV channels were sentenced to 1 million 80 thousand TL judicial fine, 1 TV channel was sentenced to 5 show penalties, 1 TV channel was penalised with advertisement penalties.

* 14 agencies and news websites were banned numerous times by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK).

* 1954 yellow press cards were annulled between January 1, 2016 and November 29, 2018.

* 4 press-media institutions were shut down.

* Trustees were assigned to one newspaper and one publishing house.

 

03.01.2019

 

yeniyasamgazetesi.com

 
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