MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Blocking access to the Mezopotamya News Agency
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mezopotamya Ajansı
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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. 8/A

The Sixth Criminal Peace Judgeship in Ankara issued blocking access order to news websites, Mezopotamya News Agency, Demokrat Haber, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and 1HaberVar on January 2, 2017. In this way, the website of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi was blocked for the 44th time.