MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Copies of daily BirGün seized in Elazığ High Security Prison No 1
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
Elazığ
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
08/10/2019
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Penal Institutions
Obstruction of access to printed publications

Journalist and inmate İdris Yılmaz released a letter concerning the restrictions that the prisoners have been dealing with in Elazig High Security Prison No 1. According to the letter, the copies of daily Evrensel was seized.