The case monitoring report, prepared by the International Press Institute (IPI) in collaboration with Media and Legal Studies Associaton (MLSA), was launched for the lawsuits between the dates, February 20 – May 31, 2019. 86 hearings of 492 defendants in seven provinces were tracked. 60 of the charges in tracked hearings were in accordance with laws of terrorism. 40 people are arrested in remand in these lawsuits. 26 of these names have previously remained arrested for more than 12 months until their first hearings. 80% of the evidence presented for the charges are directly related to the profession of the defendants, like the news and columns they have written. Verdicts were issued in 18 of these hearings, with 11 concluding with conviction. Sentences of 25 people, who were convicted in two of these 11 lawsuits, were not deferred. The report further includes evidence in case files as well as data on hearing rooms.
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01.08.2019
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