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Rallies in support of jailed journalists to be held in Turkey
March 3, 2012 - 13:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Colleagues, friends and supporters will demonstrate
their solidarity with four Turkish journalists who are still in prison
one year after their arrest on charges of participating in an alleged
plot to overthrow the government, with two separate protests on March
3 in Istanbul's central Taksim Square, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The first protest, which gathers at 11 am, will mark the first
anniversary of the arrest of journalists Ahmet Å?ık and Nedim Å?ener,
who are both suspects in the Oda TV case. The second, at 1 pm, will be
held to mark the first anniversary of the isolation-cell imprisonment
of columnist Mustafa Balbay, who was elected as a deputy for the
Republican People's Party (CHP) in the July 12 general elections, as
well as journalist Tuncay Ã-zkan. All four journalists are in prison on
charges of participating in an alleged plot to overthrow the
government.
`It has been exactly one year. One year has passed since the day that
brought us, his friends, before the door of the specially authorized
court in BeÅ?iktaÅ?. 365 days have passed since our journalist friends'
houses were raided, on claims that they were members of a terrorist
organization,' the press release for the Å?ık-Å?ener protest read.
March 3, 2012 - 13:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Colleagues, friends and supporters will demonstrate
their solidarity with four Turkish journalists who are still in prison
one year after their arrest on charges of participating in an alleged
plot to overthrow the government, with two separate protests on March
3 in Istanbul's central Taksim Square, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The first protest, which gathers at 11 am, will mark the first
anniversary of the arrest of journalists Ahmet Å?ık and Nedim Å?ener,
who are both suspects in the Oda TV case. The second, at 1 pm, will be
held to mark the first anniversary of the isolation-cell imprisonment
of columnist Mustafa Balbay, who was elected as a deputy for the
Republican People's Party (CHP) in the July 12 general elections, as
well as journalist Tuncay Ã-zkan. All four journalists are in prison on
charges of participating in an alleged plot to overthrow the
government.
`It has been exactly one year. One year has passed since the day that
brought us, his friends, before the door of the specially authorized
court in BeÅ?iktaÅ?. 365 days have passed since our journalist friends'
houses were raided, on claims that they were members of a terrorist
organization,' the press release for the Å?ık-Å?ener protest read.