Swedish Journalist's Trial Opens In Turkey

Source: International Business Times

Turkey was shaken by massive street protests in March sparked by the arrest and jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor AFP A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Istanbul to cover last month's massive street protests goes on trial Wednesday on charges of insulting Turkey's president, his lawyer said. Joakim Medin, 40, who works for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained on March 27 and sent to prison the next day. Medin will appear before a judge in the capital Ankara via video link from Istanbul's Silivri prison.