AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who was arrested this week covering Turkey’s worst unrest in more than a decade, was freed Thursday from an Istanbul jail, AFP correspondents said, though his lawyer said the charges against him remain.
Akgul was detained in a pre-dawn raid at his home Monday and remanded in custody by an Istanbul court a day later.
He was charged with “taking part in illegal rallies and marches”, drawing outrage from rights groups and the Paris-based news agency.
On Thursday, the…
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