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(29,876 posts) Mon Aug 31, 2015, 06:40 PM Aug 2015

Vice News Journalists Charged In Turkey With 'Engaging In Terror Activity' On Behalf If Islamic Stat

Source: ABC Online

A Turkish court has charged two British journalists and their Iraqi translator with "engaging in terror activity" on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.

The three men, working for the US based media outlet Vice News, have been held in police custody since their arrest last Thursday.

No concrete evidence has been put forward so far, and all have denied the accusations in the presence of their lawyers.

Jake Hanrahan, Philip Pendlebury and their Iraqi colleague, who has not been named, were covering the unrest in south-east Turkey where the government is waging a military offensive against Kurdish rebels.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-01/vice-news-reporters-charged-with-terrorism-offences-turkey/6739198

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Vice News Journalists Charged In Turkey With 'Engaging In Terror Activity' On Behalf If Islamic Stat (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2015 OP
I hope they can be rescued. This will not end well if they stand trial. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #1
Wow - I thought they'd be accused of helping the PKK muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #2
I guess they saw something the shouldn't have.... blackspade Aug 2015 #3
hm, did they mention the Kurds or the Armenians? MisterP Aug 2015 #4

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2. Wow - I thought they'd be accused of helping the PKK
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Mon Aug 31, 2015, 07:32 PM
Aug 2015

since they were in the Kurdish area. VICE's description of this as "unsubstantiated, outrageous, and bizarre" seems about right.

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