Murat Şahin, who assaulted Can Dündar with a gun on May 6th, has been arrested with charges of “opposing the Law on armed weapons and knives and armed threat”.
Dutch journalist Ebru Umar detained over insulting the President has returned to Holland after the international travel ban imposed on her has been lifted.
28 journalists have been put in prison, 15 others and 2 media outlets attacked, 49 taken into custody, action taken against 86 persons including 53 journalists on charges of defaming the President.
Sendika.org news website has been blocked for the 11th time since July 24th 2015, when clashes resumed in Turkey. The last ban came after the bomb attack in Ankara on 13th March. The website continues its webcast on the URL sendika10.org.
Arrested journalist Hayri Tunç, who had been put on trial on charges of “propagandizing for terrorist organizations” on social media, has been released following the first hearing.
Third group of journalists acting in solidarity withtheir colleagues under curfew has arrived in Diyarbakır. Journalists Arzu Demir, Ceyda Karan, Cihangir Balkır, Demet Yılan, Gökhan Biçici, Hayko Bağdat, Mehveş Evin, Metin Cihan, and Semra Çelebi took parto to the mission for News Watch.
DİHA reporter İdris Yılmaz has been arrested as he was following up report in Van. He has been released by the court pending a trial from the case he was being tried over “Propagandizing for [illegal] organization”.
Over 500 journalists including Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have supported the academics being targeted and prosecuted for releasing a declaration calling for peace and resume of negotiations.
Between October-December, 2015, 31 journalists, eight distributors have been put in prison, 15 journalists and two media groups and organs attacked, three Syrian journalists killed, 213 media employees unemployed and action taken on 93 persons including 42 journalists due to defaming the President. ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to 17,000 euro.
