Zaman Trial: Heavy prison sentences for six Turkish journalists

NewsSix former columnists from Zaman, a now-closed Turkish newspaper, were sentenced on 6 July to prison terms as high as 10 and a half years. Five others were acquitted. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which attended the sentencing hearing, condemns the outcome as a political verdict that followed a Kafkaesque trial.The verdict was handed down in Istanbul following a 10-month trial.

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