VICE News Condemns Turkish Government Over Detention of Its Journalists on Terrorism Charges
A Turkish court leveled formal charges of terrorism at two VICE News
journalists and their colleague on Monday, as global rights groups have
called for the reporters to be released.
The two British
journalists, Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, have been detained
since late Thursday evening local time in Turkey. The two were taken
into custody in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir along with
their fixer — a local journalist who serves as a translator and guide
— and a driver. The driver has now been released.
Kevin Sutcliffe, VICE's Head of News Programming in Europe, condemned the detention of the journalists in a statement Monday.
