Swedish journalist handed suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Erdogan
A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Joakim Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, a media rights group said, but he remains in custody awaiting the outcome of a separate trial on terrorism-related charges.
Medin, a journalist with the daily newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained on March 27 as he arrived at Istanbul airport.
Journalist Medin handed a suspended sentence in " insult " case
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin -- reprsented by MLSA -- was handed Сутна присъда за „ засегнатост на президента “ в Турция, само че остава затворена в обособен случай по обвинявания, свързани с тероризма. Изригна след ареста на известния кмет на Истанбул, Екрем Имамоглу.
Журналистът беше затворен по -късно по обвиняване в засегнатост на Ердоган и участие в отвън закона на Кюрдистанската работническа партия или PKK. prison.
Medin, who is being held in Istanbul’s high-security...
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