Trial: Serpil Ünal, Yadigar Aygün, Pınar Gayıp, Eylem Nazlıer, Zeynep Kuray, Esra Soybir
Country: Turkiye
Trial Date: 13 June 2024
Court Location: Anadolu 22nd Criminal Court of First Instance
Charge: Protest Violation / Criminal
Journalists Pınar Gayip, Eylem Nazlıer, Zeynep Kuray, Yadigâr Aygün, Serpil Ünal, and Esra Soybir face charges for attending an alleged "illegal" meeting last year, where they sought to issue a public statement in support of their Kurdish colleagues unjustly detained in nationwide arrests. In April 2023, these journalists were beaten and detained while attempting to issue a public press statement following the mass arrests of Kurdish journalists.