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In Turkey, New Condemnation Against Kurdish Leader Selahattin Demirtas for "Insulting the President"
An emblematic and charismatic figure of the Kurdish movement in Turkey, Mr Demirtas was arrested in 2016, at the height of his political career, and imprisoned on multiple charges related to terrorism, despite a final decision by the European Court of Human Rights in his favour.
Turkish court sentences jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş for insulting Erdoğan - Turkish Minute
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş to one-and-a-half years in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing Birgün daily. According to the Birgün daily, Demirtaş, who is serving a previous sentence at the Edirne high security prison in western Turkey, did not attend the hearing and was represented by his lawyer. The court convicted him …
Turkish court sentences jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş for insulting Erdoğan - Stockholm Center for Freedom
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş to one-and-a-half years in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. According to the Birgün daily, Demirtaş, who is serving a previous sentence at the Edirne high security prison in western Turkey, did not attend the hearing and was represented by his lawyer. The court convicted him over remarks made in two speeches Demirtaş delivered in Mersin a…
DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan reacted against the sentence given to Selahattin Demirtaş for insulting the President.
Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chairman of the HDP, who is currently imprisoned in Edirne Prison, was sentenced to 1 year, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for "insulting the President." Demirtaş, who is imprisoned in Edirne F-Type High Security Closed Penitentiary for another crime, did not attend the hearing, but his lawyer was present. Demirtaş's lawyers stated that they had not prepared a defense due to requests they submitted to the cour…
Breaking news... Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the HDP, has been sentenced to 1 year, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for "insulting the president."
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