FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Turkey s main pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party holds a mask of their jailed former leader and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas during a rally in Ankara
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan accused Europe’s top rights court of hypocrisy on Wednesday for calling on Turkey to release a jailed Kurdish politician, saying it was defending a “terrorist”, a stance rejected by his defenders as a cover to stifle democracy.
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), must be freed immediately.
Demirtas: Erdogan greift Menschenrechtsgericht an
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EGMR: Türkischer Oppositionspolitiker ist freizulassen
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EGMR fordert Freilassung von türkischem Oppositionspolitiker
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