In Turkey, prominent journalist Sedef Kabas has been jailed while she awaits trial on charges of allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kabas was detained Saturday after she tweeted a proverb that translates as: “When the ox climbs to the palace, he does not become a king, but the palace becomes a barn.” Kabas is being held at a prison in Istanbul. The law on insulting the president carries a sentence of between one and four years. Tens of thousands of people have been charged and sentenced over the so-called crime during Erdogan’s presidency.
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