MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Cumhuriyet and Evrensel newspapers not allowed into Van Penal Institution
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
02/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
Penal Institutions
Obstruction of access to printed publications
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

The objection made by convicts Talet Şanlı and Tamer Korkmaz to the decision of Van High-Security Prison due to not being allowed to read Cumhuriyet and Evrensel Newspapers in prison was rejected. The prison administration had prevented the two newspapers from being given to the convicts due to reporting hunger strikes in the issues on March 19th. Judge of Execution denied the application and claimed that the two newspapers have “endangered prison security with the publishing policy and the reported news”.