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ECHR FINDS TURKEY GUILTY OVER LENGTHY DETENTION
19:12 * 08.04.14
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Turkey guilty in
another case about the length of a pre-trial detention, the Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
The ECHR ruled that Turkey breached both the right to liberty and
security and the right to a fair trial.
Ziya and Mehmet Ergezen, a father and a son, were detained in
2005 after several kilos of explosives were seized in a search at
their home. The following year they were sentenced to ten years'
imprisonment for membership of an illegal organization (the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK) and possession of explosives.
After the judgment was quashed in June 2007, the court ordered for
the applicants to be held in pre-trial detention until November 2007,
when it upheld their conviction on the same terms.
In February 2009 the Court of Cassation again quashed the judgment of
the Assize Court, which ordered the applicants to be kept in pre-trial
detention, until September 2010, when Ziya Ergezen was released on
the grounds that he was suffering from cancer and unlikely to survive.
Ziya Ergezen died later that year.
The following month, the criminal proceedings against him were
interrupted on grounds of his death and his son was sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment. Taking account of the length of the latter's
pre-trial detention, the Assize Court released him.
An appeal against that judgment was dismissed by the Court of Cassation
in December 2010.
In the end, the ECHR ruled that Turkey must pay 4,000 euros to Mehmet
Ergezen and 4,300 euros jointly to the heirs of Ziya Ergezen.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
19:12 * 08.04.14
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Turkey guilty in
another case about the length of a pre-trial detention, the Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
The ECHR ruled that Turkey breached both the right to liberty and
security and the right to a fair trial.
Ziya and Mehmet Ergezen, a father and a son, were detained in
2005 after several kilos of explosives were seized in a search at
their home. The following year they were sentenced to ten years'
imprisonment for membership of an illegal organization (the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK) and possession of explosives.
After the judgment was quashed in June 2007, the court ordered for
the applicants to be held in pre-trial detention until November 2007,
when it upheld their conviction on the same terms.
In February 2009 the Court of Cassation again quashed the judgment of
the Assize Court, which ordered the applicants to be kept in pre-trial
detention, until September 2010, when Ziya Ergezen was released on
the grounds that he was suffering from cancer and unlikely to survive.
Ziya Ergezen died later that year.
The following month, the criminal proceedings against him were
interrupted on grounds of his death and his son was sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment. Taking account of the length of the latter's
pre-trial detention, the Assize Court released him.
An appeal against that judgment was dismissed by the Court of Cassation
in December 2010.
In the end, the ECHR ruled that Turkey must pay 4,000 euros to Mehmet
Ergezen and 4,300 euros jointly to the heirs of Ziya Ergezen.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian