Turkey keeps journalist in prison 3 months past release date due to ‘lack of remorse’

Turkey keeps journalist in prison 3 months past release date due to ‘lack of remorse’

Turkish authorities have kept a journalist in prison for more than three months beyond his expected release date after a parole board ruled that he had not shown “remorse,” the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) reported. Ali Barış Kurt, held at a prison in the Maltepe district of İstanbul, was due to be released […] The post Turkey keeps journalist in prison 3 months past release date due to ‘lack of remorse’ appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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