Turkish Deportation Case Filed with ECHR
01/25/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – After being forced to leave Turkey after 19 years, Canadian-American pastor, David Byle, has filed with the European Council of Human Rights (ECHR), Europe’s top human rights court. Alliance Defending Freedom International has filed on his behalf.
ICC’s recent joint Turkey report, highlights the deportation of Christians as one of the country’s major human rights violations and persecution against the believers living there. Byle’s filing is the first case to make its way to the ECHR. According to the report, at least 63 cases of deportation have occurred since 2019. Not all of these incidents have entered the court system, but those that have are denied in lower courts.