MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police intervention against journalist Hakan Yalçın
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hakan Yalçın
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
02/10/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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

Covering the protest march to be held by women’s organizations in Van’s Hacıbekir Neighborhood on October 2, 2022 for Mahsa Amini, who had been killed by “morality police” in Iran, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Hakan Yalçın was battered and moved away from the site by the law enforcement (October 2).