MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to a news report on Artı Gerçek news website
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
ArtıGerçek
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
16/10/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Decision to block access
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Law on Regulating Broadcasting (Publication) in the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed by Means of Such Broadcasting

The Van 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on a news report which was published on the Artı Gerçek news website and indicated that the prosecutor who was investigating the allegations that two villagers had been thrown off a helicopter in Van province was also conducting the investigation against the journalists who reported on the incident and were arrested afterwards (October 16).