In the application of lawyer İshak Sağlam, who was convicted in the ‘Hizbullah Case’ in Diyarbakır, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) sentenced Turkey to pay a total of 6,500 Euros of compensation due to violation of the right to fair trial, indicating that the proceeding was not concluded in a reasonable period of time. A lawyer in Diyarbakır, Sağlam has been arrested with the accusation of Hizbullah membership in April 2000 and was sentenced to 6 years and three months of imprisonment after six years of proceeding due to ‘illegal organization membership’ based on written statements, which were seized within the operation, allegedly belonging to illegal organization members.
11.07.2018
bianet.org