MESOPOTAMIA NEWS REPORT : European rights court orders Turkey to pay news publisher / Özgür Gündem

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) –  BRUSSELS  / LUXEMBURG – 12 March 2019|Ahval Press  – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday found that Turkey violated freedom of expression regulations by systematically opening criminal charges against the publisher of a pro-Kurdish newspaper, regardless of content. In a unanimous decision, the ECHR ordered Turkey to pay 3,500 euros to Ali Gürbüz, owner of the Istanbul-based daily Özgür Gündem. The case concerned seven sets of government charges against Gürbüz from 2004 to 2011 for publishing statements from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has fought an armed insurgency for self-rule in Turkey since 1984 and is listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

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