Journalists were attacked with a bottle, threats and insults in northern Nicosia after Fatma Unal was sentence” to five years in prison in the fake diplomas case.
According to reports from the north, relatives of Unal allegedly threw a bottle at journalist Pinar Barut as she was covering the convicted woman’s departure. Other journalists at the scene were also subjected to threats and insults.
After the incident, journalists and their lawyers gathered outside the Nicosia 'police' to file a complaint.
In a joint statement, they called on their colleagues to show solidarity in defence of the dignity of the profession and press freedom. They also appealed to eyewitnesses to testify about what they had seen.
Unal previously served as head of the Kyrenia women’s organisation of the ruling National Unity Party (UBP). Her conviction relates to the fake diplomas case at the “Cyprus University of Health and Social Sciences” in occupied Morphou.
Source: CNA
