MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Mezopotamya Agency reporter Arjin Dilek Öncel – The trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Arjin Dilek Öncel
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
08/01/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Arjin Dilek Öncel, a reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency (MA), is standing trial for allegedly “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, due to a tweet she posted.

Facing 1 to 7.5 years in prison, Öncel was acquitted at the first hearing held on 8 Januar, 2020, by Diyarbakır 11th Heavy Penal Court.