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3 Journalists Sentenced to a Total of 4 Years, 9 Months, 12 Days in Prison

TRIALS OF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ON WATCH

3 Journalists Sentenced to a Total of 4 Years, 9 Months, 12 Days in Prison

The court board has announced its verdict in the case of journalists İnan Kızılkaya, İhsan Çaralan and Hüseyin Aykol, who have been tried on charge of “insulting the president”. While the journalists have been sentenced to a total of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days in prison, the prison sentence of Aykol has not been suspended.

25 October 2018