Cansu Pişkin - trial for "marking a public official as a target for terrorist organizations"

Cansu Pişkin – trial for “marking a public official as a target for terrorist organizations”

RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION

Cansu Pişkin

CITY

İstanbul

YEAR OF INTERFERENCE

2019

LAST UPDATED

21/11/2019

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

Deferral the pronouncement of the judgement

THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE

Anti-Terror Law

Art. 6/1

Former Evrensel reporter Cansu Pişkin is sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for her news report titled “Special Prosecutor for Boğaziçi Students” dated April 5, 2018 for allegedly “marking the identity of a state official assigned in the fight against terrorism as a target”.

The Istanbul 36th High Criminal Court sentenced Pişkin for 10 years of imprisonment. The pronouncement of the judgement has been deferred.