‘Fraudulent’ informant said to have prompted Turkey journalist’s jailing

Seda (Seher) Taşkın, a journalist for Turkey’s Mezopotomya News Agency who has been held in pretrial detention for over six months, appeared before a court on July 2, 2018 for the second hearing in a case brought for her news articles and reporting from eastern Turkey.

Taşkın was arrested at her home in Ankara on January 23, 2018 on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” and “making terrorist propaganda”. She is currently being held in Sincan prison in Ankara, though her trial is being held some 1,000 kilometres away in Muş, eastern Turkey. Taşkın was originally released on bail following the first hearing, only to be re-arrested after an appeal by the prosecution.