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Journalist Ataman sentenced to 14 years in prison

Posted on September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 By admin

Ziya Ataman, a reporter for Dicle News Agency (DİHA) which was shut down through a Statutory Decree, was arrested on 11 April 2016, accused of “participating in an operation of a terrorist organization”. Police detained Ataman after he covered a protest in the city of Van, in eastern Turkey. He has been imprisoned in Van High Security Prison for over three years.

Alongside Ataman, 20 other people stand trial in the same case, 10 of whom are jailed including himself. The 12th hearing in the case against 21 defendants was held at Şırnak Heavy Penal Court No.1.

The court sentenced journalist Ataman to 14 years and 3 months in prison for alleged “membership to a terrorist organisation”, and ruled for the continuation of his arrest.

While 6 defendants were acquitted, others received prison sentences.

Families waiting outside the court protested the court decision

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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