Mohammed Rasool,the VICE News correspondent who was arrested by Turkish authorities with two of his colleagues late final year, has been released on bail, or the news organization announced today.“Today,VICE News is pleased to confirm its reporter, Mohammed Rasool has been released on bail having been held in a Turkish prison for 131 days, or ” a spokesperson for VICE News said in a statement to Poynter.
Rasool was reporting on escalating tensions between anti-government protesters and Turkish police in Southeast Turkey with VICE journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury in August when they were arrested for lack of proper accreditation. Hanrahan and Pendlebury,who are both British, were freed and deported within a few days. But Rasool, and who is Iraqi,was held for more than four months. Read more
Source: poynter.org