Turkey Convicts Wall Street Journal Reporter in Absentia
- 7 years ago
Turkey Convicts Wall Street Journal Reporter in Absentia
“We have stood by Ms. Albayrak’s side for nearly two years as we have robustly pursued all available options to defend this baseless prosecution,
and we will continue to stand with her as we seek to overturn this conviction.”
The ruling was handed down during the state of emergency put into effect by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a coup attempt in July 2016.
“This was an unfounded criminal charge and wildly inappropriate conviction
that wrongly singled out a balanced Wall Street Journal report,” Mr. Baker said in a statement.
“The notion that our reporter’s commendable and insightful work led to a criminal prosecution
that has resulted in this wrongful conviction is intolerable,” Mr. Lewis said.
A Turkish court convicted a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter in absentia on terrorism charges
and sentenced her to two years and one month in prison.
“We have stood by Ms. Albayrak’s side for nearly two years as we have robustly pursued all available options to defend this baseless prosecution,
and we will continue to stand with her as we seek to overturn this conviction.”
The ruling was handed down during the state of emergency put into effect by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a coup attempt in July 2016.
“This was an unfounded criminal charge and wildly inappropriate conviction
that wrongly singled out a balanced Wall Street Journal report,” Mr. Baker said in a statement.
“The notion that our reporter’s commendable and insightful work led to a criminal prosecution
that has resulted in this wrongful conviction is intolerable,” Mr. Lewis said.
A Turkish court convicted a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter in absentia on terrorism charges
and sentenced her to two years and one month in prison.