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Ayse Guney, Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform and Jin News Editor
KURDISH journalists called for international solidarity today after being targeted by state security services for exposing the alleged rape of a woman by Turkish soldiers.
Reporters from the Yeni Yasam newspaper in the largely Kurdish city of Dersim were threatened over the weekend after they released an exposé on the alleged rape of a local woman by three Turkish army officers.
A number of journalists face jail and editor Osman Akin is already facing charges for criticising Operation Peace Spring — Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria which started in October last year.
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