MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Zeynep Kuray while reporting
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Zeynep Kuray
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
14/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Imposition of judicial control measures

Journalists Zeynep Kuray and the reporter for Mezopotamya News Agency, İrfan Tunççelik who were taken into custody on May 10 while following the protests that were staged to raise concerns about hunger strikes, were released on probation by the court. Both journalists have been released on the condition that they give signatures at a police station twice a week.

The belongings of Kuray were confiscated by the police (12-13 May).