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Swedish Reporter Gets Suspended Term Over Erdogan Insult

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, seen here in 2015, is being tried in Turkey on two separate charges (Credit: AFP)

A Turkish court on Wednesday handed a Swedish journalist an 11-month suspended sentence for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but he remains behind bars awaiting trial on a second more serious charge.

Joakim Medin, who works for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained at Istanbul airport on March 27 when he flew in to cover the mass protests gripping Turkey.

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