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Turkey: 9 Opposition Newspaper Staff Formally Arrested

  • November, 05, 2016 - 14:23
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Turkey: 9 Opposition Newspaper Staff Formally Arrested

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper says a court has ordered that its chief editor and eight senior staff be jailed pending trial.

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Editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, cartoonist Musa Kart and other staff were detained for questioning earlier this week - some following raids at their homes - for allegedly supporting Kurdish militants as well as a movement led by Fethullah Gulen, the US-based businessman whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the failed coup in July.

The court ruled for their formal arrests on Saturday, the Associated Press reported.

Their detentions came amid a widening government crackdown on opposition voices. On Friday, authorities arrested the two co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party and several other party lawmakers for alleged ties to Kurdish militants.

Turkey's Western allies have voiced concern over the clampdown on Cumhuriyet and the pro-Kurdish party.

 
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