MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on allegations of torture of a Nepalese domestic worker – BBC Türkçe
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BBC Türkçe
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
26/11/2020
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
Art. 9

On the grounds that the contents of their news reports were similar to those cited in the decisions of the Ankara 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 23 and May 15, the Union of Access Providers has imposed an access block on the news published on BBC Türkçe, Gazete Duvar and Oda TV news websites on December 16, 2019 regarding the allegations that a domestic worker from Nepal was subjected to torture at the house where she was working. According to Engelli Web, the access block dated November 26 has been imposed on the grounds of “personal rights” (November 26).