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Human rights court orders Turkey to free Kurdish politician
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 22, 2020 04:34pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Bethan McKernan |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 22, 2020 08:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The European court of human rights has ordered the immediate release of the prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş from prison in Turkey, finding that his detention goes against “the very core of the concept of a democratic society”.
The grand chamber ruling issued on Tuesday said that Demirtaş, a charismatic figure who could face a sentence of 142 years if convicted in the main trial against him, had had his freedom of expression, liberty and other rights violated.
His detention had “the ulterior purpose of stifling pluralism and limiting freedom of political debate”, sending “a dangerous message to the entire population”, the panel of 17 judges found.
“The court thus concluded that the reasons put forward by the authorities for the applicant’s pre-trial detention had merely been cover for an ulterior political purpose, which was a matter of indisputable gravity for democracy,” the chamber said. |
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