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
mountain grammy
(26,642 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,347 posts)since they were in the Kurdish area. VICE's description of this as "unsubstantiated, outrageous, and bizarre" seems about right.