European Court Rules Turkey Violated Rights in Excessive Pretrial Detentions

ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of 8 people

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of eight people by holding them in pretrial detention for excessive periods of time, including two for more than six years, without sufficient justification. In its unanimous judgment delivered Thursday, the Strasbourg-based court found violations of Article 5 of the European […] The post ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of 8 people appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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