Last week, the mayor of Istanbul's Imamoglu was arrested by the police. Since then A wave of protests is rolling through Turkey which is an expression of solidarity with the political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Demonstrations do not take place in a peaceful atmosphere. Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin He came to Turkey to report these events. However, the man was detained and then went to prison.
Protests in Turkey. A Swedish journalist arrested. He accuses him of, among others For the insult of the president
The prosecutor's office in Ankara, which is referred to by the Reuters agency, reported that the journalist He was accused for belonging to a terrorist organization and “insulting the president”. He is currently in prison, where Waiting for the trial.
As we read, the medina was detained in Istanbul As part of the investigation initiated after the protest in Stockholm in January 2023. During the demonstration in front of the town hall, a mannequin resembling a Recep of Tayyip Erdogan was hung.
The Swedish journalist was one of 15 people suspected of promoting or organizing demonstrations. Moreover, the Turkish authorities also referred to the earlier case Reports of the reporter from the conflict zones in Syria, Iraq and south-eastern Turkey in 2014-2017.
Sweden demands explanations from Turkey. “The accusations are absurd”
The editor -in -chief of Dagens etc Andreas Gustavsson was concerned that the man had not contacted him for several days. On the air of Swedish TV, TV4 said that Medin “did nothing wrong and He was only punished for performing his work as a reporter“.
In an interview with AFP Gustavsson, he added that the accusations that are falling at the journalist, “They are absurd”. “He is a journalist, and practicing journalism should not be a crime,” he emphasized.
Sweden asked the Turkish ambassador in Stockholm to clarify the allegations presented to the reporter. Urgent access to consular services was also demanded.