Detention periods of journalists extended by 2 days
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- 16:21 10/6/2022
The detention period of 21 people, including 20 journalists, detained in Diyarbakır has been extended by 2 days.
The detention period of 21 people, including 20 journalists, detained in Diyarbakır has been extended by 2 days.
Serdar Altan, Aziz Oruç and Ömer Çelik, among the 20 journalist under police custody, shared a message via their lawyers and said: "We will continue to write."
Continuing the Justice Watch, Ferit Şenyaşar and Emine Şenyaşar invited everyone to attend the commemorations to be held on June 14, the anniversary of the massacre and said: "Come and let's bring justice together."
Dozens of computers, hard drives and cameras belonging to journalists and production companies were seized during the raids in Diyarbakır.
21 people, including 20 journalists, have been held in police custody for the last 3 days.
Journalist Debbie Bookchin sent a message of solidarity for the 20 journalists detained yesterday in Diyarbakır.
Five people were injured as a result of a Turkish drone bombing a warehouse in Qamishlo.
The hearing of the case in which 46 journalists and media workers were tried for their professional activities in Istanbul was postponed.
It was learned that while the restraining order in the files of 21 people, including 20 journalists detained in Diyarbakır yesterday continues, the journalists are being held in solitary confinement.
Demanding justice with a sit-in for the last 458 days, Emine Şenyaşar told that she will continue the sit-in despite her health issues until she gets justice.
Condemning the detention of their colleagues in Diyarbakır, journalists called for solidarity to all press organisations against the government's effort for a "monologist media".
MSD Presidential Council Member Mihemed Eli Hesen, who evaluated Turkey's threats of attack against Northern and Eastern Syria, stated that the aim is to avenge ISIS and said, "All components of the region must stand against these tyrants and invading gangs."
Human skeletons and bones were found near Saraykapı Prison which was once known as a JİTEM base in Sur district.
Number of the journalist detained in Diyarbakır increased to 21. Journalist Mehmet Ali Ertaş was handcuffed for 10 hours.
Condemning the detention of journalists and stating that they have been getting the truth to the people with the same determination for years, the DFG and MKGP said: "You have not been able to silence the free press for 50 years and you will not be able to do it now."