Muhammed Ismail

Two VICE News journalists who were released from prison on Sept. 3 after being arrested in Turkey's southeast on charges of having links to a terrorist organization will be deported from the country, Do?an News Agency has reported. 

Two VICE News journalists arrested earlier this week in Turkey's southeast on charges of having links to a terrorist organization have been released, a Turkish government source told the Hürriyet Daily News on Sept. 3, while the Iraqi translator is still under arrest.

The United States and the European Union have both expressed their concern over the arrest of two British journalists in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, in line with international rights organizations.

The United States State Department has voiced its concern over the arrest of two British journalists and their translator in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, urging Turkey to revise its actions to match up with democratic values.