Turkish authorities must drop charges brought against journalist Furkan Karabay, multiple press organizations said in a joint statement Monday.

The groups argued Karabay’s detainment reflects a continuing clampdown on press freedom in Türkiye and warned of over-broad application of the law:

We consider Karabay’s imprisonment and the denial of due process for more than three months as a disproportionate and punitive response to his journalism. Reporting and critical public commentary on government officials must never be criminalised. Equating news coverage and commentary with serious offenses like “targeting officials” is a dangerous distortion.

Karabay was arrested in mid-May and has since spent over 100 days in pre-trial detention. With the indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief

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