Turkey - European Court rules against Turkey in case brought by two journalists

Reporters without borders

Says Turkey violated the rights of Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener by holding them for a year. Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's European Court of Human Rights ruling that Turkey violated the rights of two journalists, Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener, by keeping them in pre-trial detention for more than a year in 2011 and 2012 without “relevant” or “sufficient” grounds. The court has ordered the Turkish authorities to pay 10,000 euros to Sik and 20,000 euros to Sener in compensation for this (...)

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