Date: 1-7-2021
Time: 10:45 AM Turkey time
Defendants: Amine Demirkıran, Elif Aydoğmuş, Günay Aksoy, Gülfem Karataş, Reyhan Hacıoğlu
Court: Istanbul 5th Criminal Court of First Instance
Charges: Preventing police officers from performing their duty, Insult
18 journalists were acquitted from all charges they have been facing since 2016.
The trial against journalists was postponed for the tenth time. The next hearing, in which five women journalists were tried, was postponed.
TURKEY, ISTANBUL — On June 28, Turkish journalist of Kurdish descent Reyhan Hacıoğlu was released after being in custody for over a year.
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