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Swedish PM says jailed reporter on his way home from Turkey
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Posted on May 16, 2025
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Posted on May 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, jailed in Turkey on terrorism charges, is returning home, announced Sweden's PM. Medin faced charges for covering protests in Istanbul.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was jailed in March in Turkey on terrorism and insult charges, is on his way home, Sweden's Prime Minister said on Friday.
"Hard work in relative silence has paid off," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on X on Friday evening, adding that Medin would land in Sweden in a few hours.
Kristersson thanked the foreign office and European colleagues for helping secure Medin's release.
Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, was charged with "insulting the president" and "membership of a terrorist organization and jailed pending trial.
Turkish authorities said Medin was among 15 suspects identified for organizing, promoting, or being linked to a demonstration in Stockholm in 2023, where a mannequin resembling President Tayyip Erdogan was hung outside the city hall.
(Reporting by Johan Ahlander; Editing by Toby Chopra)
The main topic is the release of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin from a Turkish jail where he was held on terrorism and insult charges.
Joakim Medin is a Swedish journalist who was jailed in Turkey on charges related to terrorism and insulting the president.
Medin was jailed for allegedly insulting Turkey's president and being linked to protests against Istanbul's mayor.
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