Photographer Yasin Akgul, who was arrested at his home before dawn on Monday, was charged with “taking part in illegal rallies and marches and failing to disperse despite warnings”, court documents showed.
Akgul was one of 10 Turkish journalists rounded up early on Monday after days of covering the mass protests that began in Istanbul and spread across Turkey following the March 19 arrest of the city’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
But in what legal observers described as an “unprecedented” U-turn, prosecutors suddenly revised their request and asked that the court order his formal arrest, his lawyer said.
“This is the first time that a clearly-identified journalist has, in the exercise of his duties, been formally arrested on the basis of this law against gatherings and demonstrations,“ RSF’s Erol Onderoglu told AFP.
“This scandalous decision reflects a very serious situation in Turkey.”
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