The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to Turkish citizen Mehmet Uğraş Vatandaş as material and immaterial compensation over his complaint that he was tortured and ill-treated under Turkish police custody.
According to a report by Bianet, the ECtHR found Vatandaş’s application justified and announced its decision on Tuesday to sentence Turkey to pay material and immaterial compensation of 12,000 euros in total.
Vatandaş, who would be a managing editor of leftist Evrensel daily later, was detained by police as he participated in a demonstration in İstanbul on April 6, 2002 as he was just 23 years old.
According to the report, Turkish police intervened in the demonstration. Vatandaş was detained and taken to Beyoğlu Police Station. Relased on the same night, Vatandaş applied to the prosecutor’s office with the complaint that he was tortured and ill-treated under custody. He stated that his elbow was broken while he was being detained.
Lawsuit was brought against the police officers in the station. However, a Turkish court ruled acquittal of the police on April 22, 2004 on the ground that “the police who intervened in the demonstration couldn’t be identified” and “no evidence could be found to prove that they committed this crime.”
Supreme Court of Appeal has also dropped the case on June 14, 2011. Upon the appeal court’s verdict, Vatandaş had applied to the ECtHR.
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from Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/ecthr-sentences-turkey-to-pay-12000-euros-over-torture/
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