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September 1, 2015

Turkey: Two Vice Journalists and Translator Jailed on Terror Charges 
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In Turkey, two British journalists and their Iraqi translator have been
jailed on terror charges. Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury of Vice
News were detained last week while covering protests in eastern Turkey
over the government's military offensive against Kurdish dissident
groups. They were initially accused of filming without government
accreditation. A court has now charged them with engaging in terror
activity on behalf of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

 

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