MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Distribution of Xwebûn newspaper prevented by police
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Xwebûn
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
18/10/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

The police prevented the 148th issue of the Xwêbun newspaper from being sent from the Diyarbakır Intercity Bus Terminal (DİŞTİ) to İstanbul. In addition to the police prevention, the workers of the bus firm that would bring the newspapers from Diyarbakır to İstanbul also said that they were subjected to the police threat (October 18).