Ahmet Sümbül

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Detained on July 2, 1993, Sümbül was arrested five days later on charges stemming from articles he had written for his newspaper, Aydinlik. He has been in prison while his trial continues at the Diyarbakir State Security Court Among the charges he faces is talking to the outlawed PKK’s members “under the guise of a journalist.”