Journalist Özgür Paksoy, who worked for DIHA, which was shut down with an emergency decree, has been sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days’ imprisonment on the charges of ‘propagandising for a terrorist organisation’
On December 9, 2020, the 3rd Penal Chamber of the Gaziantep Regional Court of Justice rejected Mezopotamya Agency (MA) editor Özgür Paksoy’s appeal against his prison sentence of 3 years, 1 month, 15 days on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (December 9).