The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber established the final decree on Selahattin Demirtaş and repeated the identifications announced initially on November 20, 2018 once again, stating that Demirtaş must be “released immediately.”The ECHR Grand Chamber decided that since the arrest isn’t based on legal reasons but is based on political reasons, Turkey is violating Article 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the right to freedom of expression in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, right to freedom and security as well as the arrest having to be bound to reason in accordance with Article 5 as well as the right to election in accordance with Article 3. The decree emphasized that the immediate release of Demirtaş is a legal responsibility for Ankara and that as long as he isn’t released, the rights violations against him will be made permanent.
Targeting Demirtaş as a “terrorist,” President Erdoğan stated that they will not recognise the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decree, saying, “The ECHR may not replace our courts and decide so.”
23.12.2020
bianet.org