MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Cumhuriyet Newspaper not given to prisoners – Menemen Prison
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
23/05/2019
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Penal Institutions
Obstruction of access to printed publications

Inmates in Menemen Prison were not allowed Evrensel, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Cumhuriyet and BirGün newspapers as they allegedly “praise terrorist organisation” and are “separatist”. This decision was made by the prison administration and upheld by the High Criminal Court (24 January 2018)