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– Turkey: Three Hayatın Sesi TV executives jailed for 'terrorist propaganda' (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 21, 2018

Mustafa Kara, Gökhan Çetin and İsmail Gökhan Bayram from the shuttered TV station Hayatın Sesi were each handed jail sentences of three years and nine months for "continuously spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation".
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