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European Rights Court: Turkey unlawfully jailed Amnesty head

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Tener Kilic was imprisoned following his arrest in June 2017. He was accused of belonging to the group Ankara accuses of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt. The Strasbourg-based court ruled there were no reasonable grounds of suspicion to warrant his detention. Turkey was ordered to pay 24,500 euros ($26,300) in damages and 10,000 euros ($10,735)

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Al Arabiya

ECHR condemns Turkey over amnesty activist’s ‘unlawful’ detention

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights group Amnesty

3 years ago·Saudi Arabia

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The Hill

Court finds Turkey unlawfully detained Amnesty International official

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of Amnesty International’s then-branch chairman when it imprisoned him for more than 14 months. Turkey had imprisoned Taner Kılıç from June 2017 through August 2018, alleging that he was a member of a religious movement led by Fethullah Gülen that the…

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Amnesty International

Turkey: Baseless conviction of Amnesty’s Honorary Chair must be quashed, following long-awaited ECtHR ruling

The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that the 2017-2018 detention of Amnesty Turkey’s then-chair, Taner Kılıç was a violation of his rights to liberty and security (Article 5.1, 5.3 and 5.5) and freedom of expression (Article 10). Following the ruling, Amnesty International reiterated its call on the Turkish authorities to overturn the unjust […]

3 years ago

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Deutsche Welle

European court condemns Turkey over Amnesty head's detention | DW | 31.05.2022

Human rights defenders won the case, and Turkey was asked to pay costs and damages for detaining the head of Amnesty International's chapter in the country.

3 years ago·Bonn, Germany

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The New Arab

Turkey unlawfully jailed Amnesty chief says European Court

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that the 2017-18 detention of Amnesty's then-chair in Turkey Taner Kilic was a violation of his rights to liberty and security and freedom of expression.

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Times of India

turkey: Europe court condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist's 'unlawful' detention

Europe News: STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights group A.

3 years ago·India

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