MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Cem Şimşek – trial for “calumny”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cem Şimşek
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
08/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

Cem Şimşek was standing trial for reports that exposed rights violations taking place at Tarsus Prison. Şimşek was acquitted at the first hearing.