MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Umut Taştan – Detained at Saturday Mothers/People protest
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Umut Taştan
CITY
İstanbul
LAST UPDATED
08/07/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Physical Interference

The police detained Artı TV reporter Umut Taştan, journalist Fatoş Erdoğan, journalist Fatoş Erdoğan and Pirha reporter Dilan Şimşek by using physical violence while they were following the press declaration of Saturday Mothers/People in Galatasaray Square on July 8, 2023. The journalists were released the same day (July 8).