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Turkey - Three journalists given life sentences on subversion charges

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Reporters without borders

Three journalists were given life sentences yesterday on charges of “trying to overthrow constitutional order by means of violence” and being members of the leadership of the outlawed Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP), which the government regards as a “terrorist” organization. They were among a total of 29 accused MLKP members who were defendants in a trial before an Istanbul court that ended when sentences were passed at 2 a.m. yesterday. The three journalists are Füsun Erdogan, (...)

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