Türkiye: Conviction of peaceful environmental activist Esra Işık, “a devastating blow”

Türkiye: Conviction of peaceful environmental activist Esra Işık, “a devastating blow”

Reacting to news that environmental activist Esra Işık has been convicted of “resisting a public official to prevent them from performing their duty” and “insulting a public official” for taking part in a peaceful protest against an urgent expropriation decision that is paving the way for a project to expand a coal mine in south-western […] The post Türkiye: Conviction of peaceful environmental activist Esra Işık, “a devastating blow”  appeared …

Turkish court sentences environmental activist Esra Işık to prison - Turkish Minute

A Turkish court has sentenced environmental activist Esra Işık to more than two years in prison for her role in protests against the seizure of land for coal mining near Akbelen Forest in the western province of Muğla, in one of Turkey’s most closely watched environmental campaigns. The Milas 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced Işık to more than two years in prison for “resisting a public official to prevent them from perfor…