2nd Criminal Chamber of Bursa Regional Court issued a verdict of acquittal for Hayrettin Pişkin, who was sentenced to 2 years and six months of imprisonment due to “making illegal organization propaganda” through his Facebook post on the Afrin operation. “Freedom of expression and press freedom is applied not only for ‘thoughts’ that are welcomed or deemed harmless, but also for thoughts and news that are against the government and may sometimes be disturbing,” the court stated. The reasoned verdict included the opinion that “the social media post did not involve any call or invitation for violence.”
01.04.2019
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