Date: 21-12-2021
Time: 11:30 AM Turkey time
Defendants: 22 Journalists arrested in Özgür Gündem raid
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.
Legal ordeal for Özgür Gündem’s former managing editor Reyhan Çapan continues as her trial was adjourned yet again.
The trial against Özgür Gündem newspaper’s former managing editor Reyhan Çapan and four of its writers was adjourned without notice today.
An indictment was filed against Jin News reporter Şehriban Abi, journalist Nazan Sala, and Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut on terrorism-related charges.
The lawsuit filed against journalists who were beaten and detained in the police raid on Özgür Gündem newspaper was postponed once again.
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