MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to JinNews
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
JinNews
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
05/04/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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

On April 5, 2021, when JinNews reporter Beritan Canözer was detained, an access block was imposed on three websites of JinNews “jinnews16.xyz”, “jinnews17.xyz”, “jinnews18.xyz”. With this last access block imposed by the decision of the Diyarbakır 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace, access to the website has been blocked for 20 times in total so far (April 5).