By Özgür Öğret/CPJ Turkey Representative
Court refuses to release imprisoned editor, publisher
Istanbul's 23rd Court for Serious Crimes today refused to release İnan Kızılkaya, the former responsible news editor for the shuttered pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem, and Kemal Sancılı, the newspaper's former publisher, pending the conclusion of their trial on terrorism charges, the news website Bianet and the daily newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi reported.
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