AGOS NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS FACE PROSECUTION
International Journalist’s Network
Jan 25 2008
Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has spoken out against
prosecution of Serkis Seropyan and Aris Nalci, the owner and editor
(respectively) of the Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos.
RWB reports that the journalists were arrested after a November
editorial criticizing prison sentences given to Seropyan, editor Arat
Dink, and journalists Aydin Engin and Karin Karakashli. According
to the media rights group, the owner and editor were arrested after
refusing to pay a fine for printing the editorial. The journalists
have been charged with "attempted obstruction of justice" for which
they may serve up to four-and-a-half years.
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