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| Turkish court arrests two British Vice News journalists for 'terror offences' | Turkish court arrests two British Vice News journalists for 'terror offences' |
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| Two British reporters and a translator have been arrested in Turkey, accused of helping an illegal armed group. | Two British reporters and a translator have been arrested in Turkey, accused of helping an illegal armed group. |
| Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, and their fixer, were charged by a Turkish court with "working on behalf of a terrorist organisation", the media group said. | Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, and their fixer, were charged by a Turkish court with "working on behalf of a terrorist organisation", the media group said. |
| They had been held by police since Thursday, when they were detained in Diyarbakir, south-east Turkey. | |
| Head of News Kevin Sutcliffe called the charges baseless and alarmingly false. | |
| The trio had been in the region filming clashes between police and Kurdish militants, Vice News has said. | |
| Violent exchanges between security forces and youths from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have erupted in the region in recent days. | |
| The BBC understands the group were asked if they were PKK members and members of the so-called Islamic State during interrogation. | |
| Mr Sutcliffe said: "Today the Turkish government has levelled baseless and alarmingly false charges of 'working on behalf of a terrorist organisation' against three Vice News reporters, in an attempt to intimidate and censor their coverage. | |
| "Vice News condemns in the strongest possible terms the Turkish government's attempts to silence our reporters who have been providing vital coverage from the region." |