Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws
Covid-19

Journalist and editor arrested in Turkey for reporting on coronavirus

20.03.2020

Date:
20.03.2020
Number of cases:
2
Regions/Countries:
Turkey
Alert types:
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws

Journalists Mustafa Ahmet Oktay and Eren Sarıkaya from Bartın-based Halk Newspaper and Pusula Newspaper were taken into custody over a report published about the spread of COVID-19

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