MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Release of Hüsnü Mahalli
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hüsnü Mahalli
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution

Arrested by İstanbul 9th Criminal Judgeship of Peace on December 15, 2016, on charges of “insulting public officials because of their duties” and “insulting the President of the Republic” on Twitter, journalist Hüsnü Mahalli has been released after 35 days of his imprisonment (20 January 2017).