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Turkey: Ahmet Altan's Release Sets Important Precedent for Political Prisoners


Turkey: Ahmet Altan’s Release Sets Important Precedent for Political Prisoners
The Turkish courts should similarly rectify other cases of wrongful detention.
In response to novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan’s release from detention on April 14, following a judgment in his favor from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Freedom House issued the following statement:
“We welcome the decision of Turkey’s Court of Cassation to order Ahmet Altan’s release in line with a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights,” said Marc Behrendt, director for Europe and Eurasia programs at Freedom House. “Altan, like so many other writers, scholars, activists, and journalists in Turkey, was detained simply for exercising his fundamental right to free expression. He should never have been arrested in the first place. We hope that this will mark a turning point for the Turkish judiciary in following the rulings of the ECtHR, as Turkey has obligated itself to do. It ....

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Armenia: New Amendments Threaten to Stifle Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression

Bill on depriving the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office of its financial safeguards to constrain its independence - Freedom House - aysor.am