(Fonte: europeanjournalists.org) In a new EFJ “#PressTalks” episode, Swedish foreign reporter Joakim Medin for the newspaper Dagens ETC shares his story as a journalist imprisoned for 51 days in a Turkish prison on terrorism charges.
Joakim is a member of the Swedish Union of Journalists (SJF) and benefitted from strong international support during his detention. This mobilisation certainly played a part in his release, as he was eventually able to return to Sweden on 17 May while awaiting trial, just in time for the birth of his first child.
We talked to Joakim as he prepares for his first hearing, scheduled on 25 September. He faces up to nine years in prison on alleged terrorism charges – a clear retaliation for his reporting on Turkey and coverage of the civil war in Syria.