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The Grand Turk
Turkish court keeps Selahattin Demirtas in jail despite ECHR
2018-12-01
[Al Jazeera] A Ottoman Turkish court has rejected an appeal to release a former leader of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's pro-Kurdish opposition from pre-trial detention, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The court on Friday turned down the release application of Selahattin Demirtas who was detained two years ago on "terrorism-related" charges, which he denies.

Demirtas, 45, is a former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Last week, the ECHR urged Turkey to swiftly process Demirtas's legal case, saying his pre-trial detention had gone on longer than could be justified.

Although the ECHR accepted that Demirtas, who has been in jail since November 2016, was tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
 on "reasonable suspicion" of having committed a criminal offence, it said Ottoman Turkish authorities extended the politician's imprisonment on grounds that could not be regarded as "sufficient" to justify its duration.

In its ruling on Friday, the Ottoman Turkish court said the ECHR decision had not been finalised and unanimously rejected the appeal for Demirtas's release.
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