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IFJ 07 October 2020
Turkey: Four journalists detained after reporting on alleged torture
Police detained four journalists in eastern Turkey on 6 October and raided their homes and offices following their reporting on allegations of Turkish security forces torturing two Kurdish villagers and throwing them from a helicopter. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) call for an immediate release of the journalists. Logos of Mezopotamya Agency and Jin News
Police detained reporters
Adnan Bilen and Cemil Uğur, who work for Mezopotamya Agency (MA), and Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala, working for Jin News, in the province of Van, located in eastern Turkey, on the morning of 6 October. The premises of MA and Jin News and the journalists’ homes were raided. News agency MA reported
KURDISH journalist Mehmet Aslan vowed to “continue the pursuit of the truth” today as he was jailed by a Turkish court on trumped-up charges of terrorism.
The Mesopotamia Agency reporter was charged with membership of an unnamed terrorist organisation, usually meaning the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
He denies the charges, insisting that “journalism was on trial.”
“I have been working as a journalist for two years. I work at Mesopotamia Agency. I have never been a member of any illegal structure, nor have I any affiliation,” Mr Aslan said.
“The accusations against me were all about my activities as a journalist. I have never been instructed by any organisation to do anything and there is no evidence of it. I deny all accusations.”