Назад Турция: продление срока содержания под стражей Османа Кавалы свидетельствует о не соблюдении прав человека и принципа верховенства закона

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Турция: продление срока содержания под стражей Османа Кавалы свидетельствует о не соблюдении прав человека и принципа верховенства закона

Вчерашнее решение 13-го суда присяжных Стамбула о продлении содержания под стражей Османа Кавалы укореняет нарушение не только его прав человека, но также и обязательств Турции соблюдать окончательное решение Европейского суда по правам человека.

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Mr Kavala has been in detention for 46 months despite a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights from December 2019 which found that the authorities had targeted him in pursuit of the ulterior purpose of reducing him to silence, and that the proceedings against him  were likely to have a dissuasive effect on the work of human rights defenders. 

He remains detained despite six decisions and one interim resolution by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers defining his detention as arbitrary and strongly urging the authorities to ensure the applicant’s immediate release. Instead of releasing Mr Kavala from detention, a domestic court rendered a decision  on 2 August to merge the ongoing baseless criminal proceedings against him with another set of criminal proceedings relating to the 2013 Gezi Park protest, further undermining prospects for his release. 

He is a victim of a justice system that has been used to silence  human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists and displayed unprecedented levels of disregard for the most basic principles of law, such as the presumption of innocence, no punishment without crime and non-retroactivity of offences, or not being judged for the same facts again.

Mr Kavala should have not been in detention in the first place. His prolonged, illegal detention displays contempt for human rights and the rule of law. He must be released now.
 

Страсбург 02/09/2021
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