Zehra Doğan
(Turkish, 1989)

WRITER
PEN International considers her imprisonment a violation of her right to freedom of expression as an artist and a journalist
Zehra Doğan is serving a prison sentence of 2 years, 9 months and 22 days. On 24 March 2017, she was convicted of ‘propagandising for a terrorist organisation’ (Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law) by the Second High Criminal Court of Mardin province, for her work as a painter and journalist.
PEN International considers her imprisonment a violation of her right to freedom of expression as an artist and a journalist, and calls for her immediate and unconditional release.
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