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• First hearing of 18 journalists opens in Amed 

  The first hearing of 18 journalists, 15 of whom are imprisoned, has just starte in Amed.
• Hearing of 15 journalists takes place today in Amed 

  The lawsuit brought against 15 journalists in Amed undermines the basic principle of freedom of the press, said the Swiss Kurdistan Journalists Association, demanding the Turkish authorities to respect the rights of journalists and release them.
• Female journalist jailed for interviewing Mahsa Amini’s father 

  23-year-old Nazila Maroofian from Saqqez, Kurdistan province, is an investigative reporter covering issues in her hometown.
• Lawyer of 15 journalists in prison calls on everyone to attend first hearing next Tuesday 

  Resul Temur, the lawyer of the 15 journalists who have been imprisoned for 13 months due to their professional activities, called out on everyone "whose voice is silenced, to stand with the Kurdish press on 11 July."
• CFWIJ: Kurdish women journalists are targeted most by the Turkish government 

  In its First Quarterly Report for 2023, CFWIJ reported an increase in physical assault and legal harassment against women journalists.
• Application to Constitutional Court for imprisoned journalist Müftüoğlu 

  Lawyer applied to the Constitutional Court for imprisoned journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu
• Hearing of journalists in Ankara adjourned until October 26 

  The secret witness said that he did not have concrete information to provide for many of the questions addressed to him. He confessed to having engaged in the activities of the MA on behalf of the state.
• Three journalists in Iran charged with "making propaganda against national security" 

  Journalists Saeeda Shafiei, Mehrnoush Zarei Hanzaki and Nasim Sultan Beygi were charged with "making propaganda against national security" in the 26th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
• Aygül: Journalists in Turkey and Kurdistan risk their lives 

  Sinan Aygül said that journalists in Turkey and Kurdistan risk their lives. "It is impossible to speak of freedom of the press here. Unfortunately, being a journalist means risking your life," he said.
• Journalist Bayram taken into custody in Amed 

  Journalist Kadir Bayram was taken into custody in a house raid by Turkish police in Amed.
• Journalist Ebrahimi Iraee sentenced to five years in prison in Tehran 

  Journalist and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced to five years in prison in Tehran. She was arrested shortly after the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" revolution began last September and has been in Evin prison ever since.
• Eren: Intimidating journalists will not work! 

  Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK) Press Section Chair Faruk Eren pointed out that the government wanted to intimidate all journalists with the arrest of Merdan Yanardağ.
• TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ remanded in custody 

  TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ has been remanded in custody.
• TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ brought to the courthouse 

  TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ was brought to the courthouse.
• JinNews journalist Beritan Canözer released from prison 

  JinNews journalist Beritan Canözer has been released.
• Charges filed against three journalists covering a press statement for arrested colleagues 

  Journalists Sibel Yükler, Yıldız Tar, and Deniz Nazlım are facing charges of "violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations" for covering a press statement for arrested colleagues.
• Indictments against journalists Gök and Oruç accepted 

  Indictments against journalists Abdurrahman Gök and Mehmet Şah Oruç, who have been behind bars since April, have been accepted.
• Journalist Kutlu: Free Press remains loyal to the tradition of resistance 

  Journalist Berivan Kutlu said that the Free Press remains loyal to the tradition of resistance despite Turkey being a journalists' prison: “Even though our colleagues are imprisoned, they somehow continue to write."
• Swiss Parliament brings Turkish state pressure against Kurdish journalists on the agenda 

  The pressure and attacks carried out by the Turkish state against Kurdish journalists are on the agenda of the Swiss Parliament.
• Two arrested over attack on journalist Sinan Aygül in Tatvan 

  Two people were remanded in custody for involvement in the violent attack against a journalist in Tatvan district of Bitlis on Saturday.
• AKP mayor terrorizing Tatvan with armed gangs 

  Kurdish journalist Sinan Aygül was seriously injured by the AKP mayor's armed bodyguards. The attack was recorded by a camera.
• Bodyguards of Tatvan's AKP mayor attack journalist Aygül 

  The bodyguards of Tatvan's AKP mayor attacked journalist Sinan Aygül. Condemning the attack, the HDP said: "Take your hands off the journalists."
• DFG and MKGP demand the release of 15 colleagues in pre-trial detention for a year 

  Jailed journalists from the free press face a sentence of seven years and six months each for alleged links to the PKK.
• Journalists to hold press conference in solidarity with their 16 colleagues in prison 

  MKGP and DFG will make a statement in front of the courthouse tomorrow in solidarity with the 16 journalists imprisoned in Amed for a year.
• Police accused of beating journalist Batmaz goes on trial tomorrow 

  A lawsuit was filed against police who battered journalist Ardıl Batmaz in Elazığ on the charge of "simple injury".