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• 5 journalists detained in Mardin in custody for 3 days 

  Journalists Ahmet Kanbal, Mehmet Şah Oruç, Rojda Aydın, Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak were detained in Mardin while covering the protests for the municipalities seized by the AKP regime.
• “AKP detained journalists to hide the truth” 

  Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform pointed out that the AKP detained six journalists to obscure the truth.
• Police detain 6 journalists covering protests for municipalities 

  Journalists Ahmet Kanbal, Mehmet Şah Oruç, Rojda Aydın, Nurcan Yalçın, Halime Parlak and Yelda Özbek were detained while covering the protests for the municipalities seized by the AKP regime.
• Mezopotamya Agency editor and HDP press center worker detained 

  Mezopotamya Agency’s (MA) Kurdish service editor Ziyan Karahan and HDP Press Center employee Vedat Dag were detained in Amed.
• "F sit-in" demanded release of journalist Ziya Ataman 

  Ziya Ataman, a reporter for Dicle News Agency (DİHA), was arrested on 11 April 2016, accused of “participating in an operation of a terrorist organization”.
• Journalist Bradosti in custody for 27 days 

  Roj News journalist has been in custody for 27 days. He has been arrested by the KDP public order forces.
• Hewler journalists demand the immediate release of Zuber Bradosti 

  For more than two weeks, critical journalist Zuber Bradosti has been detained in southern Kurdistan without any legal basis. His colleagues demand the immediate release of the RojNews correspondent.
• Eight journalists killed in Mexico since January 

  Jorge Ruiz Vazquez, a reporter at the Grafico de Xalapa newspaper in Veracruz’s capital, died in spite of procedures in place to protect him, the state prosecutor’s office said.
• HDP deputy Gülüm asks Justice Minister about journalist Ataman 

  Ataman has problems with his stomach and intestines. His problems worsened after the hunger strike he joined demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Ocalan.
• Halabja journalists call for the release Bradosti 

  Journalists and activists from Halabja demand the release of Zuber Bradosti.
• CPJ demands the release of Rojnews journalist Bradosti 

  Bradosti was previously arrested on March 17, when Asayish security forces following his reporting on Turkish airstrikes in the area.
• METRO demanded the release of Rojnews journalist Bradosti 

  The Center for the Protection of the Rights of Journalists (METRO) demanded the release of Rojnews Zubêr Bradosti.
• Nuce Ciwan News Agency banned again 

  The Nuce Ciwan News Agency was banned for the 34th time.
• OGI: 152 journalists are imprisoned in Turkey 

  The Free Journalists Initiative (OGI) pointed out that there are 152 journalists in prisons in Turkey and said: “Journalists work under duress by the government.” OGI called for the cases against journalists to be dismissed.
• Access to almost 55,000 websites blocked in Turkey in 2018 

  The report shows that prior to 2018, access to a total of 190,922 domain names and websites were blocked in Turkey.
• Demirel and Mavioğlu sentenced to 4 years and 6 months 

  Award-winning filmmaker Çayan Demirel and veteran journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison. Lawyers will appeal the sentence.
• Journalist Evren to remain in custody 

  The hearing for imprisoned journalist Kibriye Evren was held in the Diyarbakir Heavy Penal Court No.5. The court ruled for the continuation of arrest.
• Özgür Gündem case: Prison sentence asked for 7 people 

  Prosecutor has asked for prison sentences against Özgür Gündem’s Co-executive Editor Hüseyin Aykol, Editor in Chief Reyhan Çapan and 5 others.
• Three acquitted in Özgür Gündem case 

  Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erol Önderoglu and Ahmet Nesin have been acquitted on showing solidarity with Özgür Gündem newspaper.
• SETA targeted Kurds and opposition abroad 

  The AKP-linked SETA, began to target Kurds and opponents abroad. Journalist Doğan Özgüden is also among those targeted.
• MA journalist Ahmet Kanbal detained in Mardin 

  Turkish police detained Ahmet Kanbal, a journalist with Mesopotamia Agency (MA) in the province of Mardin.
• Journalists and writers reacted to Huseyin Aykol detention 

  Journalist Huseyin Aykol was detained at his home in Ankara on Thursday.
• Journalist Aykol sent to prison 

  Journalist-writer Hüseyin Aykol, who was arrested by the AKP regime, was taken to Sincan F Type No. 2 Prison.
• Journalist Hüseyin Aykol arrested 

  Journalist Hüseyin Aykol was detained at his home around noon.
• Journalists' Union of Turkey to sue SETA for report on media 

  Journalists responded with outrage to the SETA report and the TGS said that they will be in front of Istanbul Çağlayan Courthouse with the blacklisted journalists and file a criminal complaint against the report today.