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Turkey jails reporters after failed appeal in state secrets trial: two released |
2022-02-16 |
[Rudaw] Two ![]() 's state secrets law were released late on Tuesday the very same day they returned to prison after losing an appeal against their jail sentences, their lawyer told AFP. The 2020 trial concerned a news report alleging that a ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... In September that year, the Istanbul court sentenced Aydin Keser, Ferhat Celik and Murat Agirel -- who works for the Yenicag daily -- to four years and eight months in jail each on charges of violating the It sentenced then OdaTV editor-in-chief Baris Pehlivan and news hound Hulya Kilinc to three years and nine months each on the same charges. Agirel and Pehlivan tweeted on Tuesday that they were returning to prison. "A third time... We're here, we're going... Goodbye for now," Pehlivan tweeted, with a selfie in front of what appeared to be Istanbul's main Caglayan courthouse. "I am going to prison again because I called the sons who were martyred for the homeland deaders," Agirel tweeted. "People who cannot deny anything I have written until now think they can silence me with injustice," he added. Hours later, the pair were released from prison, their lawyer Huseyin Ersoz told AFP. "And freedom has come. Just now!" the lawyer also tweeted, sharing a picture with the freed journalists. You have the right to remain silent... Tuesday in the western province of Manisa after undergoing a health check, was also expected to walk free. Turkey comes under frequent criticism from rights defenders, who say Ankara undermines media freedom by jailing journalists and shutting down critical media outlets. Reporters Without Borders placed Turkey 153rd out of 180 nations on its Press Freedom Index for 2021. The Times of Israel translates all that as: Three journalists convicted of violating ![]() ’s state secrets law return to prison after losing an appeal against their jail sentences. Agirel and Pehlivan tweet that they are returning to prison. "A third time... We’re here, we’re going... Goodbye for now," Pehlivan tweets alongside a selfie in front of what appears to be Istanbul’s main Caglayan courthouse. "I am going to prison again because I called the sons who were martyred for the homeland deaders," Agirel tweets. "People who cannot deny anything I have written until now think they can silence me with injustice," he adds. |
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