Turkey - Anti-terrorism law used repeatedly to charge journalists with terrorist propaganda

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores Turkey's abuse of its anti-terrorism law to censor and punish journalists who raise the issue of its Kurdish minority or quote certain Kurdish leaders. Use of the law to prosecute journalists has increased since it was amended in 2006. Under article 7/2 of the law, propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization is punishable by imprisonment. As neither “propaganda” nor “terrorist organization” is defined, the article can easily be interpreted in the broadest (...)

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