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Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey

Trial opens for students, journalists over Istanbul protests
A trial of nearly 200 people, among them students and journalists, arrested over Turkey's biggest protests in more than a decade opened in Istanbul on Friday. In the dock were 189 suspects who were rounded up in a government crackdown on the protests,
Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey over protests sparked by mayor's arrest
Dozens of people including journalists appeared before a court in Istanbul on Friday, accused of attending banned demonstrations and disobeying police orders to disperse.
Nearly 200 students, journalists go on trial in Turkey over Istanbul protests
Nearly 200 people detained in a government crackdown on protests went on trial on Friday in Istanbul. Suspects include several students and journalists who were arrested while demonstrating against the March 19 detention and subsequent jailing of Ekrem Imamoglu,
Journalists arrested in Turkey as protests grow over jailing of president’s main rival
Authorities accused of attacking ‘people’s right to learn the truth’ as president Erdogan seeks to paint protests as ‘movement of violence’
Türkiye: Students, Journalists on Trial for Protest
Türkiye is set to prosecute hundreds of people, mainly students, who protested the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in hasty, mass trials, scheduled to begin on April 18, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today.
Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests
A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul. Mass demonstrations began on 19 March after Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu - a key rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - was detained on corruption charges,
2 leading Turkish journalists are detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work
Turkish newspapers say two leading journalists have been detained over what they say are false charges stemming from their work ...
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Two journalists covering protests detained by anti-terror police
In İzmir, three journalists were also detained over protest coverage. Barış İnce, a columnist for BirGün, and photojournalist Murat Kocabaş were taken into custody during house raids on Mar 24 ...
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Protests erupt over lack of transparency in Tunisia opposition trial
Political figures, activists, and relatives of defendants gathered outside a Tunis court on Friday to demand a public trial ...