MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Felat Bozarslan – trial for “violation of privacy”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Felat Bozarslan
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
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
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 285

Doğan News Agency (DHA) reporter Felat Bozarslan was acquitted in a case against him held at the Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court on January 11, 2018. Bozarslan has reported about child molestation and he was facing up to 4 and half years of imprisonment for “violation of privacy” (11 January 2018)