Operation on Kurdish politicians and journalists
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- 11:20 16/6/2022
Many people, including journalists and HDP executives and members, were detained in simultaneous home raids in Istanbul.
Many people, including journalists and HDP executives and members, were detained in simultaneous home raids in Istanbul.
Protesting the arrest of 16 out of 20 journalists in front of the courthouse, their colleagues called for participation to the press release to be held today and said: "You will not succeed eradicating us."
16 journalists were arrested out of 22 people detained in Diyarbakır on June 8.
While 11 of the 20 journalists were referred to court with a request of arrest, JİNNEWS editor Gülşen Koçuk was released. The rest of the journalists and two citizens are still giving their statements to the prosecutor.
Protesting the detention of journalists in Diyarbakır, free press workers said that repression will not silence the free press and that journalists will continue to write the truth.
22 people, 20 of whom are journalists were referred to court. Jinnews editor Safiye Alagaş and MA editor Aziz Oruç was referred to court with a request of arrest.
According to the local reports 12-year-old Selah Xidir Naso lost his life in the drone attack carried out by Turkey in Sinunê district of Shengal.
DFG Co-Chair Dicle Müftüoğlu, who made a statement in front of the courthouse regarding the journalists who are still giving their statements to the prosecutor, said, "You will not be able to silence the free press which you could not silence with massacres."
Continuing their struggle for justice, Şenyaşar family shared the following message: "Our struggle will continue until rights, law and justice come to these lands," with a photo from yesterday's commemoration on their Twitter account.
Kadir Karademir, who was held in Patnos Type L Closed Prison, died under suspicious circumstances.
Stating that the detention of journalists in Diyarbakır is a violation of press freedom, the new President of EFJ, Maja Sever, stated that they will be in solidarity against the oppression.
The People's Council Building in Sinûnê district of Shengal was bombed twice by Turkey.
After 8 days of detention in Diyarbakır, the journalists were brought to court for the prosecutor to question them.
The families of the journalists who have been detained in Diyarbakır for 8 days, stated that their sons and daughters won't step back from the path they think is right, and called for solidarity.
The body of HPG member Zindan Yeni, who was reported to have died in the clashes in Pirejman, was delivered to his family in a plastic container. The mother, Menice Yeni, said that her child's cause of death was concealed and the examination report was not given to them.