| Dicle News Agency Dicle Haber Ajansı | |
| Foundation: | 4 April 2002[1] |
| Location: | Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Industry: | News agency |
| Homepage: | http://dihaber.net |
Dicle Haber Ajansı, DIHA (English: Dicle News Agency), is a "pro-Kurdish" news agency of Turkey.[2] In March 2012 Reporters without Borders reported that 27 of its journalists were in prison.[3] DIHA produces news reports on Turkish, Kurdish, and English[1]
DIHA had several times difficulties with the Turkish authorities and several of its journalists were arrested.[4] [5] In March 2009, following the coverage of the Newroz festivals in Siirt, Abdurrahman Gök was arrested and charged with making propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.[6]
Between December 2015 and May 2016, 12 of its journalists were arrested. Turkish authorities have blocked access to the website 40 times; the website changes its address every time it is blocked.[7] Following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, it was one of more than 150 news outlets shut down by the authorities.[8]