MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Trial in which journalist Sertaç Kayar is being tried for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sertaç Kayar
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/07/2019
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
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

The 4th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır acquitted journalist Sertaç Kayar who was on trial for allegedly “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” on the grounds of his social media posts (5 February).