Joint statement: lengthy judicial harassment in Turkey must stop
The below-named freedom of expression organisations denounce the lengthy judicial harassment suffered by Reporters Without Borders representative and IPI member Erol Önderoğlu, Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı and journalist Ahmet Nesin, and call for their full acquittal at the hearing on 15. April 2019, when a verdict is expected.
The three defendants are charged with "engaging in propaganda for a terrorist organisation," "incitement to commit a crime," and "praising criminal activities and those engaged in them" for standing in as guest editors in the "Editors-in-Chief on Watch" solidarity campaign for the shuttered pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem.
We further denounce…
