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Kurdish journalist Safiye Alagaş released after a year of arrest

Kurdish journalist Safiye Alagaş released after a year of arrest

"Our news articles, the photographs we use, books, and news notes have become the subject of accusations," the journalist said in her defense at the hearing.

Kurdish journalist Safiye Alagaş in new Freedom House campaign for political prisoners

Kurdish journalist Safiye Alagaş in new Freedom House campaign for political prisoners

Alagaş is one of the 16 Kurdish journalists who have been in pre-trial detention since June.

2 February 2023

Detention of Kurdish journalists: Prosecutors seek arrest of Aziz Oruç, Safiye Alagaş

Detention of Kurdish journalists: Prosecutors seek arrest of Aziz Oruç, Safiye Alagaş

Journalists and NGO representatives gathered in front of the Diyarbakır Courthouse to protest the detentions.