DIYARBAKIR: A court in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast on Monday remanded in custody on terror charges two British journalists working for US-based media outlet Vice News, in a case that has sparked fresh concern about press freedoms.
Vice News condemned the charges as “baseless” and an attempt to censor coverage, while leading rights groups have called for the immediate release of the reporters.
The two British reporters and their translator, an Iraqi national, have been charged with “engaging in terror activity” on behalf of the self-styled Islamic State extremist group, the court in Diyarbakir said.
A fourth suspect, their driver, was allowed to go free. The charges also include “intentionally aiding an armed organisation”.
Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2015
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