Geneva, March 26, 2025 (AFP) - UN voices 'concern' over Turkish court's U-turn on journalists' jailing

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2025-03-26

The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday over a Turkish court U-turn decision to remand in custody seven journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, detained after covering protests in Istanbul. "It is a matter of concern that reportedly the initial decisions of a court in Istanbul to free the journalists were immediately reversed on the prosecutor's intervention," UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Liz Throssell told AFP. Akgul, 3......

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