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Journalist summoned to questioning after an article on discriminative COVID-19 measures

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Journalist Lezgin Akdeniz was questioned over a report published three months ago on that churchs and Alevi sanctuaries were not disinfected while mosques were, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır. According to local news, minority sanctuaries were disinfected after the report was published. Akdeniz was released after interroagation.

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