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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Turkish journalists' sentencing protested - UPI.com

"Turkish journalists' sentencing protested
Published: Oct. 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A Turkish lawyer says he is appealing prison sentences given his two clients who published a declaration from Kurdish separatists in their newspaper.

Editor Mehmet Ugras Vatandas and Ahmet Sami Belek, publisher of the Daily Evrensel were given a year in prison Wednesday for printing the declaration from the Kurdish Workers Party, which is known by its Kurdish-language initials of PKK, last year."

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