MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Nafiye Bal – detained due to “membership in a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nafiye Bal
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
24/10/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

An investigation was opened against Nafiye Bal, the editor of Xwebûn newspaper, within the scope of the investigation launched in 21 provinces on April 25, citing the statements of an open witness (April 25).

Bal was detained in a raid on his house on 23 October (23 October).

He was released on 24 October with the condition of judicial control and a travel ban (October 24).