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TURKISH JUDGE GETS ASYLUM IN THE NETHERLANDS
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Published on 19 May 2011 - 10:54pm
The Dutch authorities have decided to offer former Turkish judge
Cagatay Cetin asylum.
He arrived in the Netherlands in January 2010 and claimed asylum. The
judge has been prosecuted in Turkey for his statements about the 1915
Armenian genocide and the treatment of Turkey's Kurdish population.
A Turkish court sentenced him to 17 years' imprisonment in absentia
in February. He was found guilty on charges of falsifying documents,
insulting a prosecutor and defamation. The Dutch Immigration and
Naturalisation Department have declined to give the reasons for
granting him asylum, saying that comments are not made on individual
cases.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Published on 19 May 2011 - 10:54pm
The Dutch authorities have decided to offer former Turkish judge
Cagatay Cetin asylum.
He arrived in the Netherlands in January 2010 and claimed asylum. The
judge has been prosecuted in Turkey for his statements about the 1915
Armenian genocide and the treatment of Turkey's Kurdish population.
A Turkish court sentenced him to 17 years' imprisonment in absentia
in February. He was found guilty on charges of falsifying documents,
insulting a prosecutor and defamation. The Dutch Immigration and
Naturalisation Department have declined to give the reasons for
granting him asylum, saying that comments are not made on individual
cases.