MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on journalist Ümit Uzun
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ümit Uzun
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
30/08/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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

Ümit Uzun, a reporter for Demirören News Agency (DHA), was battered up by police while trying to cover a private public bus accident where five people got wounded in Gazisomanpaşa, İstanbul (August 30).