MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
DİHA reporter Sebahattin Koyuncu – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sebahattin Koyuncu
CITY
Şırnak
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2016
LAST UPDATED
08/04/2019
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
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

DİHA reporter Sebahattin Koyuncu was arrested on 1 September 2016 on the allegations of “PKK membership”. The journalist was released from Şırnak T Type Closed Prison on 4 January 2017 after four months of detention.