Filmmaker on trial in Turkey for screening Armenian genocide film

Kurdish filmmaker Rojhilat Aksoy has gone on trial on charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation and state institutions” for screening an animated film about the Armenian genocide in Diyarbakır province, Turkish media reported. The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office drafted the indictment, citing scenes and dialogue from the film “Aurora’s Sunrise,” which was screened […] The post Filmmaker on trial in Turkey for screening Armenian genocide film appeared first on Stockholm Cen...

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