MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on allegation of sexual abuse in Gercüş – BirGün
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
Batman
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
05/12/2020
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

With the decisions of the Gercüş Criminal Judgeship of Peace no. 2020/199 dated December 5, 2020 and no. 2020/202 dated November 7, 2020, an access block has been imposed on the news regarding the allegations that a child was sexually abused in Gercüş district in Batman province. While the judgeship has also ruled that the related news reports shall be deleted as well, the reason for the block has been indicated as protecting national security and public order. The related news were published in JinNews, gazeteduvar.com, birgün.net, evrensel.net and SoL.