MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The disallowance of Atılım Newspaper to the Menemen R Type Prison
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Atılım Newspaper
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
19/04/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Penal Institutions
Obstruction of access to printed publications
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

The education board of the Menemen R Type Closed Prison Institution (medical-treatment based closed institution) did not allow the Evrensel and Atılım newspapers to be delivered to detainee Ergin Aktaş on the grounds that “there are insulting statements for the state elders (18 March 2017).