section_path: Protests/27 March
section_name: 27 March
paragraph_text: 27 March
  
  The BBC said its correspondent, Mark Lowen, had been expelled from Turkey after being detained while covering the protests. A court released Yasin Akgül and six other journalists who had been detained while covering the protests. The RTUK imposed a 10-day broadcasting ban on Sözcü TV, accusing it of incitement in its coverage.
  
  Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was detained on arrival in Turkey, where he was due to cover the protests. On 28 March, the editor-in-chief of his newspaper (Dagens ETC), reported Medin had been taken into custody. He has been jailed pending trial on charges of “insulting the president” and “membership in a terrorist organization,” according to Ankara's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. His arrest is linked to a 2023 protest in Stockholm, where a mannequin resembling Erdogan was hung outside city hall. Press freedom organizations condemned the arrest. Reporters Without Borders Sweden called it "indefensible," while Amnesty Sweden warned it was a threat to freedom of expression. The Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association urged the Swedish government to act "sharply and swiftly" for Medin's release, calling Turkey’s media restrictions alarming.
  
  1,879 people were detained and 260 people were arrested since the beginning of the protests.