Tarih/Date: 16-02-2021
Saat/Time: 9:35 Turkey time
Sanıklar/Defendants: 22 Journalists arrested in Özgür Gündem raid
Mahkeme/Court: Istanbul 5th Criminal Court of First Instance
Suçlamalar/Charges: Preventing police officers from performing their duties, Insult
Belsat journalists Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova face up to three years sentence in prison over their journalistic coverage of protests held across the country. The first hearing of the trial against the journalists was held on February 9. Four different witnesses appeared in the court and explained the protests and the journalists’ situation in November 2020. According to witnesses, the journalists were broadcasting the protests from an apartment, which they had permission to cover the developments and were invited by the host, and the security forces took them even though they showed their press credentials. The court adjourned the next hearing on February 16, 2021.
