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PROSECUTION DEMANDS TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR ZARAKOLU
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=5920
18:37 . 20/03
Turkish writer, publicist Ragip Zarakolu and professor Bushra Ersanili
may be sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Both of them were
arrested in the case of Kurdistan Communities Union.
Prosecutor in the case Adnan Cime has submitted an indictment of
2,400 pages to Istanbul's 15th Court of Severe Crimes. According to
the indictment, the former member of the Constitutional Committee and
member of Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party Bushra Ersanili, who is
accused of having led a terrorist organization, may be sentenced to 15
years' imprisonment, while Zarakolu may face 10 years' imprisonment
on a charge of supporting the terrorist organization. The court is
expected to publish its verdict on this issue in near future.
In total, the indictment refers to 147 of 193 people who were arrested
in the case of the Kurdistan Communities Union.
To note, Zarakolu has serious health problems. His wife Aisha Zarakolu,
who was arrested together with her husband for the work done to
publish books on Armenian history and the Genocide, got cancer in
custody and died shortly after she came out of prison.
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=5920
18:37 . 20/03
Turkish writer, publicist Ragip Zarakolu and professor Bushra Ersanili
may be sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Both of them were
arrested in the case of Kurdistan Communities Union.
Prosecutor in the case Adnan Cime has submitted an indictment of
2,400 pages to Istanbul's 15th Court of Severe Crimes. According to
the indictment, the former member of the Constitutional Committee and
member of Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party Bushra Ersanili, who is
accused of having led a terrorist organization, may be sentenced to 15
years' imprisonment, while Zarakolu may face 10 years' imprisonment
on a charge of supporting the terrorist organization. The court is
expected to publish its verdict on this issue in near future.
In total, the indictment refers to 147 of 193 people who were arrested
in the case of the Kurdistan Communities Union.
To note, Zarakolu has serious health problems. His wife Aisha Zarakolu,
who was arrested together with her husband for the work done to
publish books on Armenian history and the Genocide, got cancer in
custody and died shortly after she came out of prison.