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Freedom of expression groups denounce death threats against journalist Murat Ağırel

Freedom of expression groups denounce death threats against journalist Murat Ağırel

Ağırel has received numerous death threats over the past year, including a masked individual’s claim that his life was put on a contract.

12 September 2024

Two detained in connection with ‘contract for killing journalist’

Two detained in connection with ‘contract for killing journalist’

A masked individual had claimed in a video that journalist Murat Ağırel’s life was put on a contract and a politician was involved in this.

5 September 2024

Journalist Murat Ağırel’s life ‘put on contract,’ masked video reveals

Journalist Murat Ağırel’s life ‘put on contract,’ masked video reveals

A parliamentarian is behind the plot to kill the journalist, the masked individual claims.

3 September 2024

Journalists Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan released

Journalists Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan released

Journalists Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan were sent to prison yesterday as the appeals court upheld their prison sentences over their news and articles about the funeral of an intelligence officer who died in Libya.

16 February 2022

Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

‘DISCLOSING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER’

Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

With their prison sentences upheld by the appeals court, journalists Barış Pehlivan and Hülya Kılınç and columnist Murat Ağırel have been sent to prison.

15 February 2022

AKP member threatens journalist Murat Ağırel with death

AKP member threatens journalist Murat Ağırel with death

"When the time comes, we'll take down all of you," AKP member Emrah Çelik said in a message he sent to the journalist. Çelik's photos with severed heads in Syria had surfaced in 2019.

Arrested for revealing the identity of an intelligence officer, 3 journalists released

Arrested for revealing the identity of an intelligence officer, 3 journalists released

Shortly after the court ruled for their release on probation considering the time they had already spent behind bars, journalists Barış Pehlivan, Hülya Kılınç and Murat Ağırel have been released.

10 September 2020

'The grudge and rage of the government destroyed the common sense in court rooms'

STATEMENT OF JOURNALIST MURAT AĞIREL

'The grudge and rage of the government destroyed the common sense in court rooms'

Arrested over news regarding the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya, journalist Barış Pehlivan has made his defense as to the accusations: “A state that lacks justice gets destroyed by its own injustices."

9 September 2020

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists ahead of today’s hearing

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists ahead of today’s hearing

Announcing his opinion as to the accusations ahead of their second hearing, prosecutor demands that eight people, including seven journalists, three of whom behind bars, shall be sentenced to prison for revealing the identity of an intelligence officer.

9 September 2020

Letter from arrested journalist Murat Ağırel

Letter from arrested journalist Murat Ağırel

Ahead of his hearing tomorrow, columnist Murat Ağırel has sent a letter from Silivri Prison in İstanbul: “Let alone pieces of evidence, there is not a single piece of evidence. How can I spoil something that does not exist?"

8 September 2020

Arrested journalists’ request for release rejected

Arrested journalists’ request for release rejected

The court has rejected the request for release of journalists Barış Pehlivan, Murat Ağırel and Hülya Kılınç “because they might destroy evidence and have flight risk.” The journalists are behind bars for disclosing the identity of an intelligence officer.

Court rejects objection to three journalists’ arrest

Court rejects objection to three journalists’ arrest

The court has rejected the objection to the arrest of journalists Barış Pehlivan, Murat Ağırel and Hülya Kılınç. The Presiding Judge has expressed a dissenting opinion, indicating that the journalists should have been released on probation.

Jailed columnist Murat Ağırel: It is torture, I will not consent to this

Jailed columnist Murat Ağırel: It is torture, I will not consent to this

Arrested as part of a lawsuit filed into the news on the death of an intelligence officer in Libya, columnist Ağırel was taken to the prison’s sickroom for his treatment, rather than a hospital. Held in a detention room there for over 5 hours, he refused treatment.

Three journalists released, three remain in jail in case over reporting intelligence officer's killing

Three journalists released, three remain in jail in case over reporting intelligence officer's killing

Six journalists appeared before court today after months of pre-trial detention in the case over the reports on a MİT officer’s death in Libya.

Call for Solidarity with Arrested Journalists: Journalism is not a Crime

YENİ YAŞAM WORKERS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, MPs

Call for Solidarity with Arrested Journalists: Journalism is not a Crime

Professional organizations, journalists and MPs have expressed solidarity in a press statement following the recent arrest of daily Yeni Yaşam Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik and Managing Editor Aydın Keser and Yeniçağ columnist Murat Ağırel.

9 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

Journalists Murat Ağırel, Aydın Keser and Ferhat Çelik Arrested

Journalists Murat Ağırel, Aydın Keser and Ferhat Çelik Arrested

Taken into custody again upon the objection of the prosecutor’s office to their release on probation, daily Yeni Çağ columnist Murat Ağırel and journalists Aydın Keser and Ferhat Çelik from Yeni Yaşam newspaper have been arrested.

Odatv Editor-in-Chief Barış Pehlivan Arrested

Odatv Editor-in-Chief Barış Pehlivan Arrested

Odatv Editor-in-Chief Barış Pehlivan has been arrested over a news report on a National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officer who lost his life in Libya. News director Barış Terkoğlu and reporter Hülya Kılınç were also arrested over the same report.