– Turkey: ARTICLE 19 submits expert opinion in Altan brothers' trial (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 20, 2017

Prominent Turkish novelists and political commentators, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, will be tried alongside 15 other defendants. The case is the first trial of journalists accused of taking part in last year's failed coup attempt.
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