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Analysis: Use of courtroom video link violates Turkey journalists’ rights

Technical failures exacerbate questions of fair trial raised by SEGBİS system

SEGBİS court-to-prison video link room, Sincan Prison. Photograph courtesy of Sincan E-Type Prison.

Journalists across Turkey currently face significant restrictions on their right to a fair trial as guaranteed by Turkish and international human rights law. Among the restrictions are new regulations preventing journalists from attending their trials in person and forcing them instead to give evidence via a video-conference system known by the acronym SEGBİS.

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