AMED - DFG called for the release of detained journalists and the dropping of cases filed against journalists on trial.

 

Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) made a statement about the hearings of the "censorship law" and the cases filed against journalists, which are still being discussed at the Constitutional Court, to be held tomorrow. In the statement, the second hearing of 18 journalists who were arrested on June 16 within the scope of the Amed-based investigation and detained for 13 months will be held at Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court; JINNEWS Director Safiye Alağaş's hearing was held at Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court; It was reported that the trial of journalist Mikail Barut will be held tomorrow at Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court. It was also stated that journalists Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Ahmet Sever, Canan Kaya, İsminaz Temel, Havva Cuştan and Mansur Çelik will also appear before the judge tomorrow.

 

'THE CASES SHOULD BE DROPPED'

 

In the statement, the following statements were made: "Not a day goes by without an investigation or lawsuit being filed against a journalist. Journalists are literally taken into the grip of the judiciary and they want to be silenced; however, the duty of journalists is to pursue news in the field and follow legal cases in the corridors of the courthouse. In order to put an end to this monstrosity, they must first be in prisons. The journalists who are on trial must be released and the cases filed against the journalists on trial must be dropped, otherwise we cannot talk about a legal system.

 

We will follow these cases closely tomorrow and stand by our journalist friends in the courthouses. In order to make this voice louder, we first invite the entire public to be sensitive to the cause of journalists and not to leave them alone. We also call on all journalists to stand by their colleagues at the hearings tomorrow and not to leave them alone. On this occasion, we expect the court to express its will regarding the annulment of the 'censorship law' discussed in the Constitutional Court, and we reiterate that we do not accept the regulation put into effect as a means of suppressing journalists."