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Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey covering protests, has been jailed pending trial on terrorism charges. The arrest was in relation to a January 2023 protest in Stockholm where a mannequin resembling Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was hung outside the city hall. Medin was among 15 suspects identified and charged with "insulting the president" and "membership in a terrorist organization."

Courtesy: theprint.in

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