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Free Speech Busted? Third Turkish Journalist Arrested Amid Censorship Fears
Amid growing concerns that Turkey is quashing free press and free speech, a reporter from Huriyet newspaper has been arrested on charges of slander following the controversial imprisonment of two other opposition journalists earlier this month.
Ertugrul Ozkok, a reporter for Huriyet daily, was arrested for slander after publishing an article allegedly indirectly criticizing president Erdogan, local media and German news agency DPA reported.
According to Deutshe Welle, Ozkok wrote a column last September critical of the president, although the name of the Turkish leader wasn’t mentioned in that story. Now If proven guilty, Ozkok will serve five years and four months prison term.
The news came just two days after two other opposition journalists from a different publication were arrested on charges of espionage. That detainment caused significant public backlash, prompting hundreds of people to take to the streets in Istanbul …. http://sputniknews.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/11/free-speech-busted-third-turkish.html
