Radio Free never accepts money from corporations, governments or billionaires – keeping the focus on supporting independent media for people, not profits. Since 2010, Radio Free has supported the work of thousands of independent journalists, learn more about how your donation helps improve journalism for everyone.

Make a monthly donation of any amount to support independent media.





French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home

Berlin, March 16, 2023 — French authorities should thoroughly investigate threats and insults received by journalist Cemil Şanlı and take immediate steps to ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On the morning of March 2, Şanlı, a broadcast journalist for the privately owned independent news outlet Le Média TV, received a…

Berlin, March 16, 2023 — French authorities should thoroughly investigate threats and insults received by journalist Cemil Şanlı and take immediate steps to ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.

On the morning of March 2, Şanlı, a broadcast journalist for the privately owned independent news outlet Le Média TV, received a handwritten death threat in the mailbox of his home, he wrote on Twitter and told CPJ by phone and email.

Later that day, he filed a criminal complaint with local police in a suburb of Paris reporting the threat as well as an incident about a month before in which two people with their faces covered accosted him outside of his home and insulted him, according to the journalist and news reports.

Şanlı told CPJ that he believed the threats were related to his coverage of Kurdish issues, including the disproportionate impact of the February earthquake in Turkey on local Kurds, and pro-Kurdish demonstrations in Paris after a man who targeted “non-Europeans” shot and killed three people in a Kurdish cultural center in December.  

“French authorities should swiftly and thoroughly investigate the threats received by journalist Cemil Şanlı, and hold the perpetrators to account,” said Attila Mong, CPJ’s Europe representative. “Threatening a journalist because of his coverage is completely unacceptable, and police must show they take Şanlı’s complaint seriously and ensure his safety.”

Şanlı told CPJ that starting in December 2022 he has received insults, threats, and intimidating messages on his Twitter and YouTube accounts, where commenters have called him a “terrorist” and threatened him to beware of the Grey Wolves, a Turkish ultranationalist group banned in France for anti-Kurdish discrimination. That month, an unidentified person yelled insults at Şanlı and threw a projectile that hit him in the shoulder while the journalist was riding his scooter.

Şanlı told CPJ that police have taken his testimony but not provided further updates as of March 15. CPJ emailed questions to the police office responsible for the investigation but received no reply.


This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Erik Crouch.


Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

Leave a Reply

APA

Erik Crouch | Radio Free (2023-03-16T18:35:51+00:00) French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/

MLA
" » French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home." Erik Crouch | Radio Free - Thursday March 16, 2023, https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/
HARVARD
Erik Crouch | Radio Free Thursday March 16, 2023 » French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home., viewed ,<https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/>
VANCOUVER
Erik Crouch | Radio Free - » French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/
CHICAGO
" » French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home." Erik Crouch | Radio Free - Accessed . https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/
IEEE
" » French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home." Erik Crouch | Radio Free [Online]. Available: https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/. [Accessed: ]
rf:citation
» French journalist Cemil Şanlı receives death threat, accosted outside home | Erik Crouch | Radio Free | https://www.radiofree.org/2023/03/16/french-journalist-cemil-sanli-receives-death-threat-accosted-outside-home/ |

Please log in to upload a file.




There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.