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Swedish Foreign Minister Hopes for Quick Resolution in Journalist's Turkey Trial
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Allegation of Longer Sentence for Swedish Journalist Medin in Turkey Dismissed
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The Swedish journalist Joakim Medin risks up to 27 years' imprisonment in Turkey after allegations of spreading terrorist propaganda, reports Reporters Without Borders for the Journalisten newspaper. Medin's lawyers, however, estimate the maximum sentence to 12 years' imprisonment, according to ETC's editor-in-chief Andreas Gustavsson
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Swedish Politicians to Attend Journalist Joakim Medin's Trial in Turkey
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Jonas Sjöstedt (L) and Ulrika Westerlund (GP) are traveling to Ankara to attend the trial of Swedish journalist Joakim Medina. It's about putting some pressure on Turkey, says the Left Party's EU parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt
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Kristersson on Medin's Imprisonment: Avoiding Justice Complications
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Sweden is seeking talks with Turkey about the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party).
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Sweden Analyzes Charges Against Journalist Joakim Medin in Turkey
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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
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Turkey Uses Journalist's Books and Articles as Evidence in Trial
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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.
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Medin's Wife Faces Surreal Risk Amid Charges in Turkey
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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
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Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Faces 12-Year Sentence in Turkey Trial
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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
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Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests
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Trials have been initiated against nearly 200 detainees, many of them students, who participated in regime-critical protests in Turkey.
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Journalist Joakim Medin Expresses Gratitude for Support from Turkish Prison
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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"
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Joakim Medin has spoken to his wife on the phone
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Joakim Medin has for the first time since he was arrested two weeks ago spoken with his wife Sofie Axelsson on the phone.
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Turkish Journalists Timur Soykan and Murat Agirel Detained in Dawn Raid
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Two well-known Turkish journalists, Timur Soykan and Murat Agirel, have been detained in Turkey.
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Turkish Court Denies Release of Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin
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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
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Swedish PEN Cancels Protest for Jailed Journalist Joakim Medin
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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
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Sweden Urged to Act as Journalist Joakim Medin Detained in Turkey
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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
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Sweden Democrat Criticized for Remarks on Journalists and Imprisonment
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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
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Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Detained with Istanbul Mayor in Turkey
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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.
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Swedish Minister Pushes for Journalist's Release in Talks with Turkey
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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
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Swedish Foreign Minister to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey
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The Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard will have a meeting with Turkey's counterpart regarding the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin.
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Sweden's Malmer Stenergard to Discuss Journalist's Detention with Turkey
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The Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard will have a meeting with Turkey's counterpart regarding the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin.
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NATO Faces Silence on Turkey's Journalist Arrest Before Key Meeting
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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
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Kristersson: Sweden Intensifies Efforts for Journalist Detained in Turkey
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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
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Journalist Joakim Medin Declares from Turkish Prison: Journalism Is Not a Crime
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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
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Ane Brun Cancels Istanbul Concert Following Protest Backlash
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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.
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