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Pro-Kurdish DIHA reporter put behind bars over reports

Pro-Kurdish DIHA reporter put behind bars over reports

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Ugur Akgul, a reporter for the now-closed, pro-Kurdish DIHA news agency has been jailed, media said Wednesday. Akgul was arrested after a Turkish court upheld his conviction due to his reports on the government-imposed curfews in Turkey’s east. The journalist had...

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