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Detention of Can Uğur – allegation of “insulting the President of the Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Can Uğur
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
18/01/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299
BirGün journalist Can Uğur was taken into custody on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” at the İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on January 18, 2022. Uğur was released after the related formalities at the police station (January 18).
