Turkish court approved sentence against Demirtash

After the European Human Rights Court demanded the release of the former co-chair of the Democratic Peoples' Party(HDP), Salah al-Din Demirtash, the Turkish court hastened to approve the verdict against him and the former parliamentarian of HDP, Sirri Sureyya Onder .

Turkish court approved sentence against Demirtash
4 December, 2018   15:28

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The Istanbul Criminal Court has sentenced Salah l-Din Demirtash to four years and eight months in prison, and a three-year and six-month prison term for the former parliamentarian of the Democratic People's Party of Ankara, Sirri Sureyya Onder on charges of propaganda for an armed terrorist organization. Both Demirtash and Onder opposed the sentence.

The second penalty chamber of the Istanbul Court of Justice approved the verdict against Demirtash and Onder. This sentence came after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which demanded Turkey's release of Demirtash.

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