Human Rights Groups Call for Release of Vice Journalists Accused of Supporting ISIS

‘Baseless and alarmingly false’ accusations, says Vice

Two British Vice News journalists and their fixer remain in custody today in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury are charged with "working on behalf of a terrorist organization," namely the Islamic State (ISIS) as well as another Turkish organization.

Hanrahan and Pendlebury have been detained since last Thursday. The group's driver was let go without charges, AFP reported Monday.

Kevin Sutcliffe, Vice's head of news programming in Europe, called the arrests "baseless and alarmingly false."

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