MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Lawsuit against Hüsnü Mahalli – Degrading the Turkish State
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hüsnü Mahalli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
13/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 301

On 12 September, journalist Hüsnü Mahalli announced through social media that he was sentenced to 5 months of imprisonment for “insulting the Turkish State” due to his article criticizing Turkey’s Syria politics.