MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of journalists during news coverage in Diyarbakır
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
General
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
05/10/2022
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

During the demonstration held in Diyarbakır on October 4, 2022 to protest the killing of journalist and academic Nagihan Akarsel, six people, including Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Eylem Akdağ and journalist Azat Taşkın, were detained. 

Facing the charges of “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (as per the Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law / TMK), the six people were released on the night of October 5 after the related procedures at the police department were completed (October 5).