Beritan Canözer has been working as a journalist in Turkey for ten years. Her home was searched six times by the police, she was taken into custody five times and arrested twice. Now she faces another prison sentence.
The Turkish Court of Cassation has confirmed the conviction of Kurdish journalist Beritan Canözer to a prison sentence for "PKK propaganda". The correspondent for the women's agency JinNews was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison five years ago by a criminal court in Amed for articles on social media. After the verdict is confirmed in the appeal proceedings, her arrest is expected.
Beritan Canözer has been working as a journalist for ten years. During this time, her home was searched six times by the police. She was arrested five times and was twice in custody for several months. Eight criminal proceedings were initiated against her. In three cases, she was accused of membership in a terrorist organization and acquitted in court. She was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison in four different trials on charges of propaganda for a terrorist organization.
