Turkish court rules Kurdish leader’s jailing violated rights | Malay Mail

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ISTANBUL, June 19 — Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the lengthy jailing of a former head of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party violated his rights, a decision published today showed, but he was not expected to be released due to a separate investigation. Selahattin Demirtas, one of...

Supporters watch large screens as they listen to the Selahattin Demirtas, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party speak during an election campaign in Istanbul on June 17, 2018. — AFP pic

The court’s decision said his detention had exceeded a reasonable period and his right to freedom had been violated, ordering the payment of compensation. Prosecutors then launched a new investigation into him and requested his arrest again after the lifting of the previous detention order. Demirtas denies the charges against him.

 

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