Prosecutors accuse two Britons of terror propaganda
by Compiled from Wire Services
ISTANBULDec 22, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Compiled from Wire Services
Dec 22, 2016 12:00 am
Philip John Pendlebury and Jake Hanrahan, two British journalists for Vice News, are accused of aiding and abetting the PKK terrorist group. Turkish prosecutors say the duo, who were released pending trial last year along with their interpreter and driver, were trying to portray the PKK as a legitimate group.
Hanrahan and Pendlebury were in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır at the height of a campaign of terror by the PKK that hundreds of civilians and security officials in the terror attacks across the country. Two men accused of aiding the PKK were released after their detention on Aug. 27, 2015 and returned home. Police also detained their interpreter Mohammed Ismael Rasool and their driver Abdurrahman Direkçi.
One year after their release, a court in Diyarbakır accepted an indictment against the British nationals on terror charges. Prosecutors say suspects handed money to PKK militants they met under the guise of covering the activities of the terrorist group. The indictment says Hanrahan was engaged in pro-terror propaganda on social media by sharing images from the PKK attacks and of militants.
Prosecutors have asked for prison terms of up to 50 years for Pendlebury, Hanrahan, Rasool and Direkçi for membership in a terrorist organization, terror propaganda and violation of laws on financing terrorism.
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