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Sweden Analyzes Charges Against Journalist Joakim Medin in Turkey

Sweden is currently analyzing the charges against freelance journalist Joakim Medin, and embassy staff will try to attend the trial next week. Our goal is still to get Joakim Medin home as soon as possible, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.
Sweden Analyzes Charges Against Journalist Joakim Medin in Turkey

Turkey Uses Journalist's Books and Articles as Evidence in Trial

Joakim Medin's own books, reports and posts on social media constitute the evidence that Turkey is using against the Swedish journalist, according to the organization that represents him. .
Turkey Uses Journalist's Books and Articles as Evidence in Trial

Medin's Wife Faces Surreal Risk Amid Charges in Turkey

While the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin is imprisoned in Turkey, a constant countdown is underway for his wife Sofie Axelsson, who is pregnant with the couple's first child. There are many emotions, both anxious and cautiously hopeful, she says after the news that he has now been charged.
Medin's Wife Faces Surreal Risk Amid Charges in Turkey

Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Faces 12-Year Sentence in Turkey Trial

The journalist Joakim Medin is being prosecuted in Turkey for terrorist crimes and insulting the president. He risks a total of 12 years in prison, reports Dagens ETC.
Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Faces 12-Year Sentence in Turkey Trial

Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

Trials have been initiated against nearly 200 detainees, many of them students, who participated in regime-critical protests in Turkey. .
Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

Journalist Joakim Medin Expresses Gratitude for Support from Turkish Prison

The imprisoned journalist Joakim Medin writes in a letter from the prison in Turkey that he is grateful for all the support he has received since his arrest at the end of March. "The words have reached me about all the support and attention I am getting now".
Journalist Joakim Medin Expresses Gratitude for Support from Turkish Prison

Joakim Medin has spoken to his wife on the phone

Joakim Medin has for the first time since he was arrested two weeks ago spoken with his wife Sofie Axelsson on the phone. .
Joakim Medin has spoken to his wife on the phone

Turkish Journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Agirel Detained in Dawn Raid

Two well-known Turkish journalists, Timur Soykan and Murat Agirel, have been detained in Turkey. .
Turkish Journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Agirel Detained in Dawn Raid

Turkish Court Denies Release of Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin

A court in Ankara rejected on Wednesday an appeal against the detention of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin. That's how it works in Turkey, says Dagens ETC's editor-in-chief Anders Gustafsson.
Turkish Court Denies Release of Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin

Swedish PEN Cancels Protest for Jailed Journalist Joakim Medin

Swedish PEN is cancelling the large manifestation that was planned outside the Turkish embassy in support of the imprisoned journalist Joakim Medin. PEN's chairperson Kerstin Almegård cannot however say why.
Swedish PEN Cancels Protest for Jailed Journalist Joakim Medin

Sweden Urged to Act as Journalist Joakim Medin Detained in Turkey

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has not been particularly swift and often acted too late, when it comes to Swedes being imprisoned in authoritarian regimes, writes Angela Gui in Expressen. The daughter of Gui Minahi, imprisoned in China, now hopes that it will be different for the journalist Joakim Medin, who is locked up in Turkey.
Sweden Urged to Act as Journalist Joakim Medin Detained in Turkey

Sweden Democrat Criticized for Remarks on Journalists and Imprisonment

The SD's Riksdag member Jörgen Grubb has in a post on the X platform written that two Cold Facts journalists should be imprisoned. The Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who has been imprisoned in Turkey, he dismisses as a "communist", reports Expo.
Sweden Democrat Criticized for Remarks on Journalists and Imprisonment

Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Detained with Istanbul Mayor in Turkey

The Swedish journalist Joakim Medin is imprisoned in the same section of Silivri Prison as Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – whose arrest triggered the mass protests that Medin traveled to Turkey to cover. .
Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Detained with Istanbul Mayor in Turkey

Swedish Minister Pushes for Journalist's Release in Talks with Turkey

We do what we can to get Joakim Medin home as soon as possible, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) after meeting her Turkish counterpart in Brussels. I was very clear, says the Foreign Minister.
Swedish Minister Pushes for Journalist's Release in Talks with Turkey

Swedish Foreign Minister to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey

The Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard will have a meeting with Turkey's counterpart regarding the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin. .
Swedish Foreign Minister to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey

Sweden's Malmer Stenergard to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey

The Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard will have a meeting with Turkey's counterpart regarding the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin. .
Sweden's Malmer Stenergard to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey

NATO Faces Silence on Turkey's Journalist Arrest Before Key Meeting

Turkey's seizure of journalist Joakim Medin raises questions ahead of this week's foreign ministers' meeting in Nato. But no answers from Nato leadership will be forthcoming.
NATO Faces Silence on Turkey's Journalist Arrest Before Key Meeting

Kristersson: Sweden Intensifies Efforts for Journalist Detained in Turkey

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has not had contact with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin. I rule out nothing in this matter, he says to TT.
Kristersson: Sweden Intensifies Efforts for Journalist Detained in Turkey

Journalist Joakim Medin Declares from Turkish Prison: Journalism Is Not a Crime

The journalist Joakim Medin, who works for the newspaper Dagens ETC, was arrested on Thursday at Istanbul's airport. Now he has written a greeting from prison.
Journalist Joakim Medin Declares from Turkish Prison: Journalism Is Not a Crime

Ane Brun Cancels Istanbul Concert Following Protest Backlash

Ane Brun is cancelling a concert in Turkey this autumn, as the concert organizer has been accused of not supporting the protests in Istanbul, writes Dagens Nyheter. .
Ane Brun Cancels Istanbul Concert Following Protest Backlash

Kristersson: Swedish Efforts Intensify for Journalist's Release in Turkey

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) says that intense work is underway to secure the release of the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who has been detained in Turkey. However, he himself has not contacted President Erdogan.
Kristersson: Swedish Efforts Intensify for Journalist's Release in Turkey

Swedish Journalist's Detention in Turkey Raises Legal Concerns

When the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was arrested by Turkish police accused of terrorist crimes, several of his rights were violated. This is what the Turkish press freedom lawyer Veysel Ok tells TV4 News.
Swedish Journalist's Detention in Turkey Raises Legal Concerns

Sweden Prioritizes Journalist's Release After Arrest in Turkey

The Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are working on different levels to bring home the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who has been arrested in Turkey, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M). Getting Joakim to come home is the highest priority for the Government.
Sweden Prioritizes Journalist's Release After Arrest in Turkey

Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Moved to High-Security Turkish Prison

The Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been moved to a high-security prison outside Istanbul. This is reported by his wife Sofie Axelsson to SVT News.
Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Moved to High-Security Turkish Prison
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