MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police intervention against Erol Önderoğlu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Erol Önderoğlu
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
23/11/2021
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
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment

Following the hearing of the trial held by the high criminal court over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Arabia at the Consulate General of the country in İstanbul three years ago, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Representative to Turkey Erol Önderoğlu was harassed by two police officers while making a statement for the press in front of the İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan before the hearing; upon this harassment, Önerdoğlu refused to make the statement (November 23).