Turkey violated rights of jailed journalist Ahmet Altan, ECHR finds
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay €16,000 to veteran journalist Ahmet Altan, who it ruled was unreasonably convicted on terrorism charges. The 71-year-old founder of liberal newspaper Taraf, and author of acclaimed prison memoir I Will Never See the World Again, has now been detained in Turkey for 4.5 years. The case brought by the Turkish government against Altan sparked international condemnation and the international human rights community has continued to call for his release. In a judgement published Monday, the ECHR's seven judges found "several vio...
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