Hamza Yalçın: Media freedom needs political rights, courage and solidarity
After almost two months in Spanish extradition detention Turkish-Swedish Hamza Yalçın walks free. In this emotional letter he thanks the Freedom-of-Expression community for its solidarity. It was read out loud at ECPMF's conference "Defending journalists under threat".
Hamza Yalçın released from prison in Spain after almost two months in extradition detention (photo: privat)
To the Conference,
Thank you all for your attention and solidarity. I believe that there can be no freedom in the world if it is not supported by networks of solidarity.
Now, I will tell you about my days of imprisonment in Barcelona.
I thought that they could deport me and hand…
