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Editor of newspaper's website faces 15 years in prison
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Publisher:  Reporters without Borders
Date Written:  07/10/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Journalist Aylin Duruoglu has spent nearly six months in Istanbulâ##s BakirkA#y prison on totally unfounded charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation, Reporters Without Borders said.

Abstract:  Journalist Aylin Duruoglu has spent nearly six months in Istanbulâ##s BakirkA#y prison on totally unfounded charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation, Reporters Without Borders said today. The Istanbul prosecutorâ##s office requested a 15-year jail sentence for Duruoglu when she appeared in court on 1 October.

Duruoglu was accused of belonging to an armed group called the Revolutionary Headquarters after acknowledging, during interrogation by Istanbul counter-terrorism police, that she...
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