Bianet: Censorship Costs Turkey 43,000 Euro at ECHR – Bianet: “Censorship Costs Turkey 43,000 Euro at ECHR The European Court of Human Rights sentenced Turkey to a € 36,000 compensation fine for closing five newspapers because of their focus on the Kurdish question. Aziz Özer, who had been silenced for describing prison operations as ‘barbaric attacks’ receives € 3,423 in…
ECHR: Ürper and Others v. Turkey 065 – 26.01.2010 Press release issued by the Registrar Chamber judgments Ürper and Others v. Turkey (applications no. 55036/07, 55564/07, 1228/08, 1478/08, 4086/08, 6302/08 and 7200/08) Özer v. Turkey (no. 2) (application no. 871/08) VIOLATIONS OF RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION In each case: violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European…
Bianet :: Sansürün AİHM’deki Ağırlığı: 87 bin TL Ceza – Bianet: “İFADE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ Sansürün AİHM’deki Ağırlığı: 87 bin TL Ceza AİHM, Kürt Sorunu’nu merkez alan beş gazetenin kapatılmasıyla ilgili Türkiye’yi 76 bin TL manevi tazminat ödemeye mahkum etti. Cezaevi operasyonlarına ‘barbar saldırı’ dediği için Türkiye’de susturulan Aziz Özer’e de 11 bin 400 TL ödenecek. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU, hukuk@bianet.org Strasbourg – BİA…