MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Barış İnce member of editorial board of Birgün newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Barış İnce
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Other
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

Upon being summoned to the police station, BirGün daily Editorial Board member Barış İnce was taken into custody on January 30, 2017. A warrant had been issued to forcibly take İnce to appear before the Prosecutor’s Office and testify in another investigation.

İnce was released after testifying in the İstanbul Court in Çağlayan. He was reportedly forced to wear handcuffs while being detained in the court.