Journalist Evrim Kepenek sentenced to prison

Journalist Evrim Kepenek sentenced to prison

Bianet Women's News Editor Evrim Kepenek was sentenced to 10 months in prison for “violating the confidentiality of an investigation” in connection with her reporting on the alleged sexual abuse and death of a two-year-old child in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul. The court postponed the announcement of the verdict. Evrim Kepenek stated that there was no confidentiality order on the file at the time she reported the news, that she acted in the public inter…