MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Ersin Özdemir
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ersin Özdemir
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
06/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Periodicals
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Chief Editor
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 chief editor for Kızıl Bayrak Magazine Ersin Özdemir was taken into custody while covering the protest of a solidarity group for families of inmates and detainees held in Galatasaray Squire, Beyoğlu Istanbul on January 13, 2018. Being accused of “resisting the police”, he was released after giving his statement to the police.