Turkey detains prominent journalist over propaganda charge ...Kuwait

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 A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed the chief editor of an opposition TV channel pending trial on a charge of spreading terrorist propaganda, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Police detained Merdan Yanardag on Monday for "praising criminals" and "spreading terrorist propaganda" after he criticized the prison isolation of Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group. "The isolation of Abdullah Ocalan is unlawful and should be lifted," Yanardag had said on a television programme last week. He has since denied any wrongdoing. Turkish special forces captured Ocalan in Kenya in 1999 and he has since been held in an isl

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