MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist Umut Taştan injured in police intervention on 1 May
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Umut Taştan
CITY
İstanbul
LAST UPDATED
01/05/2024
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Other
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

Journalists Fatoş Erdoğan and Umut Taştan, who were covering the 1 May Workers and Laborers Day celebrations in İstanbul, were injured in the police intervention. While journalist Umut Taştan suffered an injury to his foot, Fatoş Erdoğan was hit by a plastic bullet  (1 May).