MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Arrest of Resul Cengiz
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Resul Cengiz
CITY
Denizli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
07/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Criminal Courts
Sentence to imprisonment

Resul Cengiz, Denizli correspondent of Cihan News Agency, who was detained on 1 August 2016 after the coup attempt, was sentenced to six years and three months imprisonment and released in exchange for probation (25 November 2017).