MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Hinrich Schultze
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hinrich Schultze
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/06/2019
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

A German journalist Hinrich Schultze was briefly detained by Turkish police on March 20, 2017 while covering the Newroz preparations in Diyarbakır. Police also attempted to detain Dihaber reporter Bilal Güldem who was at the scene but did not take him into custody after the reactions of the people in the area.