MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Mezopotamya News Agency Van correspondent Yunus Duman
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yunus Duman
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
16/02/2020
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
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody

Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Van reporter Yunus Duman was taken into custody due to a hoax during the house raids by police in Van on February 13. He was released three days later upon the instruction of the Chief Public Prosecutor Office (16 February).