Mardin 4th Assize Court sentenced St. Jacob’s Church Nisibis Priest Sefer (Aho) Bileçen to 2 years and 1 month of imprisonment due to “aiding an illegal organisation”.
Assyrian Priest Bileçen was arrested on January 10 and was released four days later after the objection of his lawyer. A lawsuit had been filed against Bileçen in 2018 based on a confessor’s statement and a protocol prepared by the gendarmerie in 2018 that stated that “illegal organisation members have entered the church.” The Priest did not deny the claims that he gave food to the illegal organisation members arriving at the church in 2018, but he said he didn’t do these for “aid” but this is what his religion required him to do.
07.04.2021
Bianet