MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on İHA reporter Mustafa Uslu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mustafa Uslu
CITY
Kocaeli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
22/06/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

İhlas News Agency (İHA) reporter Mustafa Uslu, who was covering the demolition at the farm of İYİ Party Group Deputy Chair Lütfü Türkkan in Dilovası district in Kocaeli, was attacked by four people who were allegedly the workers of the farm.

Severely battered, Uslu was taken to the hospital by paramedic teams in an ambulance. Having broken Uslu’s camera and equipment as well, four assaulters were taken into custody (June 22).