The indictment prepared against journalist Esra Solin Dal due to “illegal organization membership” was accepted by Diyarbakır 10th Assize Court. The journalist faces an imprisonment claim for up to 15 years. Dal’s appointment request from news resources was claimed to be “illegal organization activity” and the notes she took during information gathering as an “intelligence activity.”
The Prosecutor’s Office charged the journalist, who wanted to interview rights advocacy institutions on the death of women and children in Afrin, with “laying claims to a terrorist organization” and “making heavy claims against the Turkish Armed Forces.” The journalist further wanted to interview Armenian artist Yervant Bostancı on the Armenian Genocide and was therefore charged with “conducting anti-government journalist activities.”
04.01.2019
gazetekarinca.com