DIYARBAKIR - The arrest of 9 journalists in Ankara will be protested with an action to be held in Diyarbakır tomorrow.

 

The arrest of 9 journalists, organised by the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) and the Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform, will be protested in Ankara.

 

The protest, which will be held with the slogan "Free Press does not bow down" to demand the release of journalists, will be held at 12.00 in front of the DFG on Art Street. DFG and MKGP called on everyone to join the protest to defend the freedom of the press and expression, and the right of the public to receive information.

 

11 journalists were detained in house raids in 9 cities on October 25 as part of an Ankara-based investigation. Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Editor-in-Chief Diren Yurtsever, MA reporters Berivan Altan, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Hakan Yalçın, Ceylan Şahinli, Emrullah Acar, and JINNEWS reporters Habibe Eren and Öznur Değer, were charged with "being a member in a terrorist organization" on October 29, were arrested. Detained MA reporter Zemo Ağgöz was released with the condition of house arrest, and Mehmet Günhan, who worked as an intern at MA for a while, was released with judicial control.