MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Threat against Hale Gönültaş
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hale Gönültaş
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

Journalist Hale Gönültaş was threatened by a person on the phone, saying “Jihad will happen, watch your step” due to the her article mentioning that ISIS sold a Yazidi girl in Ankara about two months ago and still 3,500 Ezidi women are missing (19 July 2018).