MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The trial against Yeni Akit newspaper reporter, Ramazan Alkan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ramazan Alkan
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2016
LAST UPDATED
07/05/2019
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
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution

Yeni Akit newspaper reporter Ramazan Alkan was arrested in September 2016, for allegedly having Bylock on his phone. After one year and a half, journalist was released pending trial on 28 December 2018, with judicial control measure.