MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Yeni Yaşam reporter Şakir Bedir
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Şakir Bedir
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
21/11/2022
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

The HDP Van Provincial Organization, Tevgera Jinên Azad (Free Women’s Movement – TJA), DBP Van Provincial Organization, Peace Mothers and several people gathered in front of the HDP Edremit District Office in Van to protest the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TAF) airstrikes. Covering the protest, Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s reporter Şakir Bedir was battered and detained by the police. Bedir was released after giving his statement at the police department (November 21).