MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Ozan Demiriz while following the Gezi commemoration
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ozan Demiriz
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
31/05/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody

Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Resistance.

Five journalists, including the Halk TV reporter Ozan Demiriz, were battered and detained while covering the demonstrations. Demiriz was released after the statement was completed (May 31).