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Covid-19

Court bans access to reporting on COVID-19 positive cases among workers in a pasta factory

11.06.2020

Date:
11.06.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Turkey
Alert types:
Restrictions on access to information: Access restricted to officials / press conferences

A Turkish court banned access to a news article by Dokuz8 News reporting 26 COVID-19 positive cases among workers of a private company’s factory in city of Gaziantep. The company filed complaint claiming that the news damaged the company image.

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