Turkish newspaper wrongly censored for publishing names of terrorism investigators
By Emil Weber
The temporary closure of the Turkish newspaper Yeni Evrensel for publishing the names of two terrorism investigators amounted to a violation of freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 16 January 2018.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0)
In early 2000, the newspaper had published an article concerning the death of a journalist after he was beaten by policemen. It mentioned, inter alia, the names of the then director of the Istanbul Security Directorate and the deputy director. In the article it…