Pressure against newspapers continued in July as well, after the end of the State of Emergency period. According to the data compiled by news taking place in the media, at least five journalists were taken into custody and one of them was arrested in this one-month period. 9 journalists and writers were sentenced to a total of more than 60 years of imprisonment. 2 journalists were threatened due to their news coverage; one journalist was physically attacked while collecting news information. One agency office was raided by the police; at least one press organization and one journalist were targets of new investigations and lawsuits. The only positive development in this one-month period was the release of three arrested journalists.
01.08.2018
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