Azadiya Welat

Azadiya Welat (in English: Freedom of the Country) is a daily Kurdish newspaper that is published in Turkey. Internet access to this newspaper's website is currently blocked in Turkey.

Its editor-in-chief was sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2010.[1] A journalist who was distributing Azadiya Welat was murdered in 2014.[2]

Kurdish inmates in some Turkey jails weren't allowed to receive the newspaper in 2007.[3] This interdiction is justified by a reference to the law no. 5275.[4] In 2015, the European Court of Human Rights rules the unpredictability of how the law is applied is a violation of article 10 of the Convention.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Editor-in-chief of Turkish daily Azadiya Welat sentenced to three years in prison". WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ ""Azadiya Welat Dağıtımcısı Kadri Bağdu Öldürüldü" ("Kadri Bağdu, Journal distributed for Azadiya Welat, Killed")". Bianet. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mesut Yurtsever et al vs Turkey, 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Law No. 5275 on the execution of penalties and security measures, 13 December 2004.

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