The European Court of Human Rights issued a decision requiring the immediate release of the Kurdish leader, who has been detained since 2016, Salah al-Din Demirtaş, considering that his continued detention for 4 years constitutes a violation of five articles of the European Convention on Human Rights..
The court rejected Turkey’s appeal against its previous decision issued two years ago, and said that the arrest of Saladin Demirtas “is based on political and not legal reasons,” stressing that not being released means “the continuation of the violation.”“.
Commenting on the ruling, Demirtaş’s lawyer, Mahsuni Karman, said that the European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark decision regarding the immediate release of his client..
In a press statement, Karman added: “With this decision, all charges against Demirtaş were dismissed, and the fact that he was held hostage for political reasons for 4 years was also recorded.“.
Sentences Week
Earlier, the Turkish judiciary sentenced the Turkish opposition journalist Jan Dundar, former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, to 27 years in prison, with all his property confiscated..
Dundar was subjected to an assassination attempt in 2016 and miraculously escaped from it, and the finger of blame was directed at the Turkish government at that time..
Also last Monday, the judiciary sentenced a former Kurdish member of parliament, Laila Guven, to 22 years in prison for terrorism.
Syrian political analyst, Shiar Khalil, said that “since Recep Tayyip Erdogan took power in the country, he has sought to appoint close associates to the Constitutional Court and distribute them to judicial positions to gradually control, as this court is for him the institutional and legal pillar for controlling the country and other administrative institutions.“.
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