MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Battery of JinNews reporter Marta Sömek
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Marta Sömek
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
17/09/2022
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

Following the Justice Watch held in İstanbul’s Bağcılar Square on September 17, 2022 by the prisoners’ relatives for ill prisoners and prisoners with their execution halted, JinNews reporter Marta Sömek was battered by İstanbul Security Directorate’s Security Department Head Hanifi Zengin. Police officers also used violence against the journalists following the news and prevented them from filming the incident (September 17).