Turkey - Investigative journalists complete six months in detention on terrorism charges

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the way the Turkish authorities continue to treat two of the country's leading investigative journalists, Ahmet Sik (Ahmet Şık) and Nedim Sener (Nedim Şener), who have just completed their sixth month in prison on trumped-up terrorism charges. They have been held since 3 March. “These two journalists have already been detained without any justification for six months and the trial has not even started,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Each day they spend (...)

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