Nicosia has described the conviction in absentia of journalist, Sener Levent, by a Turkish court as a flagrant violation of human rights.
“The conviction in absentia of Cypriot journalist and EU citizen, Sener Levent, by a Turkish court is a flagrant violation of Human Rights by Turkey consolidating in essence its authoritarian policies in the occupied part of Cyprus including restrictions on freedom of expression,” the Cypriot Foreign Ministry said in a post on its Twitter account.
The Cyprus Journalists Union has condemned the jail sentence – in absentia – handed to Levent “for insulting Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.”
Source: Cyprus News Agency