PEN America Issues Statement on Re-Arrest of Turkish Journalist Altan
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- PEN America issued the following statement by Karin Karlekar, director of free expression at risk programs, in response to a Turkish court's decision to reverse a ruling granting provisional release to writer and journalist Ahmet Altan:
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- Ahmet Altan had been granted provisional release on November 4
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"The re-arrest of Ahmet Altan just days after his release is a disgrace and a horror. A writer, a journalis . . .
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- Ahmet Altan had been granted provisional release on November 4
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"The re-arrest of Ahmet Altan just days after his release is a disgrace and a horror. A writer, a journalis . . .