MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Uğur Şahin
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Uğur Şahin
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
04/08/2021
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
Third-Party Interference
Other

Journalist Uğur Şahin, the News Director of daily BirGün, was detained by the police on August 3, 2021 while he was trying to film an incident of male violence against a woman in Şişli, İstanbul. After the related proceedings were completed at the police station, the journalist was released from detention (August 4).