Amnesty International (Autor): „Turkey: Release of Cumhuriyet journalists “provides glimmer of hope”“, Dokument #1426409

Turkey: Release of Cumhuriyet journalists “provides glimmer of hope”

9 March 2018, 21:38 UTC

Following a court ruling today that Cumhuriyet’s editor in chief, Murat Sabuncu, and prominent journalist, Ahmet Şık, should be released from jail, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, Gauri van Gulik said:

“After well over a year in prison on pre-trial detention, the release of these two journalists is long-overdue. The decision provides a glimmer of hope for the scores of other journalists behind bars in the country that has become the biggest jailer of journalists in the world.

“As Ahmet and Murat are reunited with their loved ones, shamefully, their colleague Akın Atalay will be led back to the prison cell where he has been held for more than sixteen months.

“Akın Atalay and all other wrongfully imprisoned journalists must be immediately and unconditionally released and charges against them dropped. It is time for Turkey to let journalists do their essential work freely.”

For more information or to arrange an interview Stefan Simanowitz press@amnesty.org or 0044 (0) 20 7413 5566 or 0044 7508 39449

ecoi.net-Beschreibung:: Laut Gerichtsentscheidung sollen Redakteur der Zeitung Cumhuriyet und ein bekannter Journalist nach mehr als einem Jahr Untersuchungshaft aus dieser entlassen werden

Land:: Türkei
Quelle:: Amnesty International (Autor)
Veröffentlicht:: 9. März 2018
Originallink:: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/turkey-release-of-cumhuriyet-journalists-provides-glimmer-of-hope/
Dokumentart:: Appell oder Pressemitteilung
Sprache:: Englisch
Dokument-ID:: 1426409 (frühere ID 354528)