DİHA Reporter Oruç Arrested

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Dicle News Agency (DİHA) reporter Şerife Oruç has been arrested in Batman.

Oruç's vehicle was stopped on Kıbrıs street as she was driving to city centre to track news last night (July 4).

Emrullah Oruç and Muzaffer Tunç who were on the vehicle with Şerife Oruç were arrested and referred to prosecution office.

They were sent to court for arrest on charge of "[illegal] organization membership] after their testimony was taken at the prosecution.

Oruç in her testimony conveyed that she was a journalist, according to DİHA's report.

The court has ordered arrest of Oruç and the other two with her on charge of "[illegal] organization membership".

All three of them have been sent to Batman M Type Prison.

She took part in the News Watch documentary

Azem participating in the eighth group of the News Watch tell in the documentary the two days he spent with DİHA reporters Şerife Oruç and Beritan İrlan dated March 25-26, 2016.

There are 11 DİHA reporters arrested: Nuri Akman, Feyyaz İmrak, Mazlum Dolan, Ziya Ataman, Meltem Oktay, Muhammed Doğru, Bilal Güldem, Mehmet Hakkı Yılmaz, Abdulkadir Turay, Nedim Türfent, Şermin Soydan. (AS/TK)