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Under custody for 2 weeks, French photographer goes on hunger strike

Under custody for 2 weeks, French photographer goes on hunger strike

by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 after photographing the local scenery in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province, launched a hunger strike at a deportation center in Gaziantep province. Depardon, who was accused of disseminating the...

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