The United Nations voiced Concern Over A Turkish Court’s U-Turn Decision to Remand in Custody Seven Journalists, Inclument Agent France-Presse Photographer Yasin Akgül
“It is a matter of concern that reportedly the initial changes of a court in Istanbul to free the journalists were immedieately reversed on the prosecutor’s intervention,” Human Rights Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office
Akgül, 35, Was One of 10 Turkish Journalists Rounded Up Early On Monday After the Covering The Mass Protests that Erüpted on March 19, Who Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Presidant Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Main Political Rival.
Large Crowds have taken to the streets Daily, Defying Protest Bans in Istanbul and Big Cities. More Than 1,400 people have been.
Akgül and His Colleagues Were Arrested at Their Homes Before Dawn, and Were All Charged
But Prosecutors Suddenly Revised Their Request and Ascensed the Court to Order Their Formal Arrest, Akgül’s Lawyer Said. Legal Observers Description Described it an “Unpreteded” u-Turn.
Court Documents See by AFP Said
The Decision Was Slammed As “Scandalous” by Reporters withut Borders (RSF), with the Turkish photojournalists union denouncing it as “UNLAWFUL, UNCONSCIONABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE.”
Writing to the Turkish Presentine About Akgül’s Case, AFP Chief Executive and Chairman Fabrice Fries Slammed Akgül’s Imprisonment as “Unacceptable.”
Akgül, He Stressed, Was “Not Part of the Protest” but only cover it as a journalist, and should be swiftly relevia.
Throssell Stressed That it Was
She Also Pointd to Numerous Reports Receive by the Unity of the Office of the Office of the Public Access to Multiple Social Media Platforms ”in Turkey.
Such Restrictions, She Warned, “Infringe upon the Right to Freedom of Expressions by Denying People Their Rights To Seek, Receive and Impart Formation.”
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