former Managing Editor of the newspaper Osman Akın is standing trial due to a news report published in daily Yeni Yaşam in March 2019, entitled “Persecution of Prisoners from Afrin” (Afrinli Tutuklulara Zulüm).
At the final hearing on January 9, İstanbul 2nd Assize Criminal Court found journalist Osman Akın guilty for “publicly degrading the state of the Republic of Turkey and its military and security personnel” as per the Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). Akın was sentenced with a 5-month imprisonment. The pronouncement of the verdict is suspended.
