THE Star’s editorial staff called on the National Union of Journalists today to campaign for the release from her jail cell in Turkey of a hunger-striking Kurdish journalist in very poor health.

Turkish authorities raided the home of Jin News journalist Kibriye Evren in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir in October 2018 and arrested her for “spreading terrorist propaganda.”

The court decided to keep her locked up despite her ill health and has delayed her trial by two months, rejecting a request from solicitors that she be released today.