The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has again found Türkiye in the wrong in Osman Kavala’s second application alleging violations of his rights. In its ruling announced at the hearing on 25 August, the Court found that Türkiye had violated six articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR),
Former Democratic People’s Party (HDP) co-leader Demirtaş was detained and arrested on November 4, 2016. November 3, marked nine years since his imprisonment began. On the same day, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected Turkey’s appeal—lodged on October 8—to have his case reviewed by the Grand Chamber. That decision makes the Court’s earlier
An Ankara court has sentenced former Democratic People’s Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ to decades in prison in total in the Kobani Case, where 108 people are being tried for terror charges, including “disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state.” Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court sentenced Selahattin Demirtaş to 20